An engaging account by Roger Crowley of the early trade wars between Spain and Portugal serves as a reminder of how money, greed and exploitation continues to shape the world ...

In “Four Points of the Compass,” Jerry Brotton explores the disorienting, dizzying history of our relationship to direction.

From maps and pickaxes, it is now possible to discover ancient relics from a distance, as in the case of a recent find.

Monday, Nov. 18 and 19, 2024 from 8 - 10 p.m. / PBS app. This is a two-part, four-hour documentary directed by Ken Burns, ...

Pequot Library, in Fairfield's Southport section, has received a $10,000 Philanthropic Arts Program grant award from Cornelia ...

Research into England’s Little Ice Age during the 16th and 17th centuries has unearthed more than 1,800 unique pieces of weather observations.

When Vinay Gupta heard of the daring exploits of his grandfather, he embarked on a journey to uncover the truth. What he ...

“As You Like It” is a musical adaptation of the Shakespeare play of the same name, bringing in aspects of musical theater to the 16th-century classic ... been performed time and time again across the ...

The rumored location of these cities appear in various spots on colonial-era maps ... along the banks of the world’s largest ...

For as long as mankind has been involved with trading products or services for currency, we have striven to find effective ...

The Doria Atlas dates back to the 16th century. It was commissioned by Giovannie ... out a later version of the atlas — and its 27 hand-drawn maps — at the World Digital Library. This 14th-century ...

This database visually maps both extreme and temperate weather ... Our data shows that the river froze over a mere four times in the 16th century — in 1516, 1537, 1564 and 1590 — and there ...