Dapper’s plan of Cairo follows Matteo Pagano’s magnificent 21 sheet wall map, published in Venice in 1549. Cairo was one of the great trading centr...
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Insula S. Laurentii, vulgo Madagascar The name 'Isle of St Laurence' was given by the Portuguese, who landed on Madagascar on St Laurence's day (Fe...
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Le Pik de Teneriffe/De Piek-Bergh op het Eilant Tenerifto The Anaga mountain range meets the sea in the northeastern part of Tenerife, close to the...
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