First Western Map of Quantung
The ptolemaic world map from the first issue of Laurent Fries’ ‘Geographia’
France’s first official circumnavigation of the world – and the naming of a flower
The first printed chart to show a recognisable Bombay – with a manuscript chart of the Malabar Coast on the verso
An 8m globe, and the first world atlas on a uniform scale
A serious proposal…
A game plan for the whole world
