But "new world" didn't necessarily mean then what ... others followed suit as shown in this mid-16th-century map. Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library ...

Now, researchers have uncovered hidden details in a 16th-century map that sheds some light on ... to form a permanent ...

Both maps reveal the great challenge the New World presented to ... Album The journeys of 15th- and 16th-century European explorers are depicted on Cantino’s map including Vasco da Gama ...

For centuries, the world has been misled about Africa’s true size. The Mercator map—one of the most widely used world ...

For centuries, the Mercator map – one of the most widely used world maps – has shrunk the African continent, distorting its scale and minimising its global significance. Africa covers 30,37-million ...