What to do? He decided that a magnificent gift—a lavish map of the world—might maneuver him into the new king’s good graces. D’Annebault hired Pierre Desceliers, one of the best ...
While history books detail past events that shaped the world ... Land at the end of the 16th century. While there, he ...
Alberto Cantino, an Italian spy, acquired a Portuguese map showing stunning finds in the New World ... Album The journeys of 15th- and 16th-century European explorers are depicted on Cantino ...
Take Antwerp’s 1565 city map ... 16th-century GPS might have been all about survival: avoiding bandit-prone roads, timing tides for river crossings, or tracking stars as backup. Imagine ...