His only surviving maps — two made in Egypt and one in Galilee — are among the few existing examples created outside of Europe during this period. One of those maps, a portolan chart of the ...

The Oregon Encyclopedia notes that it is now prized by museums and library collections as an early representative of commercial illustration that made history lessons “colorful and dramatic.” John ...

“The World in Maps 1400–1600” features some of the library’s most impressive and historically important maps from the late Medieval and Early Modern periods. By Mike Cummings September 1, 2022 ...