In 15th-century Europe, the apocalypse weighed heavily on the minds of the people. Plagues were rampant. The once-great capital of the Roman empire, Constantinople, had fallen to the Turks.

However, after Ptolemy, there was a long period with no notable advancements in map-making. His work was rediscovered and reconstructed in the 15th century, laying the foundation for cartography ...

An intelligence map drawn up after a British government reconnaissance trip into the Highlands to establish the threat of Jacobite unrest in the early 18th Century has been revealed in a new book.

Amateur historian proves '15th century map' that showed Vikings discovered America before Columbus is a FAKE. Vinland Map hailed in 1950s and 60s as earliest depiction of New World ...

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has just been released. Just like its predecessor, it is known to be very historically accurate. The action of both games takes place in 1403 Bohemia (today's Czech ...

A third map juxtaposes the Mongol kingdom's holdings with those of the Roman Empire at its second-century peak, showing that of the two, the latter would fit neatly inside the former.

The 20th century started, we learn, at a point when the mass of the British population were becoming conversant with map-reading for the first time, and ended in a world where everyone’s every ...

On This Fourth-Century Map, ... The copy was found in the 15th century and bequeathed to the German scholar and bibliophile Conrad ... The Peutinger Table does not just map the Roman Empire.

Ten plates used to print maps of the British Empire have been found in scrapyards. One of them, dated 1779, had been bought by a farmer in Norfolk to use as a mudguard for his tractor.

An intelligence map drawn up after a British government reconnaissance trip into the Highlands to establish the threat of Jacobite unrest in the early 18th Century has been revealed in a new book.