Collection items

An anonymous map of Italy

Map

In the 15th century several maps were drawn of the whole of Italy, by then the most map-conscious part of Europe. The ou...

Chart of the Aegean from the Cornaro atlas

Map

An atlas made for the Cornaro family of Venice at the end of the 15th century contains 35 portolan charts by various Ven...

Map of the Bay of Bengal from Ptolemy's Geography

Map

This map from the Harley manuscripts collection shows the Bay of Bengal from a manuscript of Ptolemy's Geography, has th...