Atlas from the 14th century, attributed to Abraham Cresques. Via Wikimedia Commons. Presented in 1380 as a gift to King Charles V of France, the atlas offers a detailed depiction of the known world, ...
It’s a picture that speaks a thousand words. Back in the fag end of the fourteenth century, Marco Polo’s tales of his travels to China and other parts of Asia had electrified all of Europe. Overland ...
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