This first large scale printed chart of Brazil and the Amazon
“Nothing was more important for [ancient] Geography than to know the size of the Earth, and nothing seemed more difficult to undertake” (Cassini)
The explosive island of Krakatoa
“in all these straits Piratical Proas usually Lurk, ready to Assault Defenceless Vessels…”
Italian map of Japan
The distribution of Dumont d’Urville’s Astrolabe voyage
This first large scale printed chart of Brazil and the Amazon
“Nothing was more important for [ancient] Geography than to know the size of the Earth, and nothing seemed more difficult to undertake” (Cassini)
The explosive island of Krakatoa
“in all these straits Piratical Proas usually Lurk, ready to Assault Defenceless Vessels…”
Italian map of Japan
The distribution of Dumont d’Urville’s Astrolabe voyage
