Not much is known about how Renaissance cartographer Martin Waldseemller created his 1516 "Carta marina" world map, possibly the most up-to-date conception of the world at the time.

Like everybody else who cannot get enough of this country, I have seen and done all that a good tourist should in Italy — Rome, Florence, Venice, Verona, Milan, Tuscany, the Marche. It was time ...

Mysterious renaissance map charts ... Waldseemüller based the Carta marina's coastlines on a nautical chart made by Nicolo de Caverio of Genoa in about 1503. The two maps have similar coastal ...

Genoa on the rise / Bustling Italian port and medieval maze undergoes renaissance as Europe's 'Culture Capital' By Alison Harris , Special to The Chronicle Jan 25, 2004 ...

Seven of the best things to do in Genoa. 1. Centro Storico: Europe’s largest medieval city centre is pretty much as it was in its prime, with painted Renaissance palaces rammed up against each ...

NEW YORK — Not much is known about how Renaissance cartographer Martin Waldseemüller created his 1516 "Carta marina" world map, possibly the most up-to-date conception of the world at the time. But ...

Exploring the streets of Genoa leads visitors on a journey that starts in the gnarled, narrow and dark alleyways of the Middle Ages, opens onto wider, palace-lined avenues of the Renaissance and so… ...

NEW YORK — Not much is known about how Renaissance cartographer Martin Waldseemüller created his 1516 "Carta marina" world map, possibly the most up-to-date conception of the world at the time.

NEW YORK — Not much is known about how Renaissance cartographer Martin Waldseemüller created his 1516 "Carta marina" world map, possibly the most up-to-date conception of the world at the time. But ...

NEW YORK — Not much is known about how Renaissance cartographer Martin Waldseemüller created his 1516 "Carta marina" world map, possibly the most up-to-date conception of the world at the time. But ...