The map showing the two hemispheres of the world in the Hunterian collection was designed for the Second Qing Emperor of China, Kangxi (1662-1722) by the Jesuit Father Ferdinand Verbiest (1623-88 ...

The photos are put together like a huge jigsaw puzzle, which means we can view whole continents or even people’s back gardens. However you look at the world ... (map makers) to show all or ...

On the second floor of the Library of Saint Marks in Venice, a map of the world occupies an entire room – and rightfully ... The Travel Show sets off on a journey to celebrate an instantly ...

The year 2021 finds Friday night listeners in the capable hands of host Delphine Blue, who says: "The Whole Wide World is a big place to embrace. And the scope of a music show with this name might ...

It was more primordial: to help the map-holder grasp the idea of the whole world ... designed to show how the story of Christ penetrated the world. The most famous of these was made in Hereford ...