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Featured ItemThe Portolan Atlas of 1546 of Battista Agnese from the Russian National Library St Petersburg

Battista Agnese was one of the most prolific Venetian cartographers of the second half of the sixteenth century. Although he is often written off as…

A beautiful example of a portolan chart atlas from the 14th century by Pietro Vesconte highlights the importance of coastal cities in the exploration…