The map is so old, it has a somewhat murky provenance ... "Henricus Martellus's World Map at Yale (c.1491)," which Springer is publishing next week. The paper map was already extremely faded ...

This 1491 map is the best surviving map of the world as Christopher Columbus knew it as he made his first voyage across the Atlantic. In fact, Columbus likely used a copy of it in planning his ...

The German cartographer Henricus Martellus likely created this map in 1491. But the map has faded over the years, making it challenging to read. The multispectral imaging allowed the researchers ...

The map is so old, it has a somewhat murky provenance ... "Henricus Martellus's World Map at Yale (c.1491)," which Springer is publishing next week. The paper map was already extremely faded ...