From a small island in the Venetian lagoon, a 15th-Century monk somehow designed an astonishingly accurate planisphere of the world. On the second floor of the Library of Saint Mark in Venice, a map ...
Bernard Knox, director emeritus of Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies, is the author of many acclaimed books on classical literature and civilization, including "Backing Into the Future: The ...
A short clip that looks at the Hereford Mappa Mundi, a fascinating medieval map of the world.