On the second floor of the Library of Saint Mark in Venice, a map of the world occupies an entire room – and rightfully so, considering its historical significance and imposing size (2.4m x 2.4m ...

It is incised with maps of the known world of 1524, including North America, as explored by Giovanni da Verrazzano. On the continent’s western coast appears a mythical “Sea of Verrazzano ...

Earth The magnificent medieval map that made cartography into a science. Some 550 years ago, a Venetian monk named Fra Mauro set out to create a world map.

A famous medieval map of the world has been included in a list of the world's most important historical documents. The Mappa Mundi, kept at Hereford Cathedral, has been added to the Unesco Memory of ...

Art & Tech The World’s Oldest Map of the Stars, Lost for Thousands of Years, Has Been Found in the Pages of a Medieval Parchment. The ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus catalogued the ...

Hipparchus, who's also known as the father of trigonometry, is often considered the greatest astronomer of ancient Greece. Parts of his star map appear to have shown up in the Codex Climaci ...

A map pinpointing hundreds of homicides in 14th-century England could help teach medieval history. By Isabella Kwai A spice merchant stabbed by a fruit seller over a longstanding feud. A street ...

Historians have long hoped to find a map to Atlantis, a mythical city believed to have been lost to the sea thousands of years ago. Now, a new study could prove that an Atlantis existed, though it ...