Both maps reveal the great challenge the New World presented to mapmakers ... Photograph by AKG/Album The journeys of 15th- and 16th-century European explorers are depicted on Cantino’s map ...
Historical texts, from official records to personal chronicles, are revealing how 16th-century weather shaped Transylvanian ...
Christopher Columbus was a 15th and 16th century explorer credited for connecting the Old World (Europe, Africa, and Asia) and the New World (North America and South America). Born in Genoa ...
Goodman memorializes de la Rocque de Roberval and her remarkable valor through masterful writing, reminding the 21st century ...
[XN Iraki, Standard] Kenya feels like Europe ... our world view. It came after the Middle Ages or dark ages, when culturally and scientifically, things just froze. Renaissance brought new ...