Around 1450, the Venetian government commissioned a monk named Fra Mauro to make a mappa mundi, a map of the world. His map is a circle nearly 7 feet in diameter, crammed with illustrations and ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. In 1811 the Fra Mauro Map of the World was shipped from the island of San Michele di Murano across ...

A new exhibition in London brings together 80 of the world's biggest and most beautiful maps, each bearing its own hidden political agenda. British Library curator Peter Barber has selected five of ...

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