Alex Clausen is a map dealer. And although that designation ... The chart is the only complete 14th century portolan known to exist outside Europe. Although not the oldest portolan in existence ...

The world map we know today owes its shape to the daring exploits of explorers who ventured into uncharted territories, ...

Mansa Musa travelled to Mecca with a caravan of 60,000 men and 12,000 slaves Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world ... to Mansa Musa, the 14th Century West African ruler ...

Drawing on the work of Dutch bog-body scholar Wijnand van der Sanden, the following map charts more than 80 ... dates this woman to the late 16th century, distinguishing her from the more common ...

In Alexandria during the Second World ... the 14th century, after the Arabs had made some repairs to the lighthouse, the lighthouse collapsed due to very severe earthquakes. There is a map in ...

Every September, millions of tourists flock to Munich for Oktoberfest. However, the true centre of German beer culture lies ...

I love maps. When I was a child I would pore over maps of the world and run my fingers along routes that went through exotic ...

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The pilgrims ahead of us were on the Voie du Puy, part of the famous Camino de Santiago ...

Prime Minister Edi Rama says he wants to give members of the Bektashi, a Shiite Sufi order, their own Vatican-style enclave ...

Grange, a three-time All-American halfback at Illinois and the player who put the NFL on the map, was voted No. 28 among North American athletes of the 20th century by SportsCentury's ...

It’s a TIM HUGHES dives into a surprising world of art, history, culture, fine food and fun at the Hotel Indigo Coventry ...