Archive for exploration
mappa grafica [book (re)view(s)]
Posted in Books, pictures, Travel with tags book review, Corsica, data graphics, exploration, Greenland, Gulf of Mexico, maps, myth, quotes, Robert Louis Stevenson, stork on April 15, 2025 by xi'an
Mappamondo di Fra Mauro [jatp]
Posted in Books, pictures, Travel, University life with tags Bayesian conference, Doges' Palace, exploration, Fra Mauro's map, ISBA 2024, Italy, Japan, jatp, Korea, Madagascar, maps, Marco Polo, Museo Correr, Republic of Venice, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Venezia on July 19, 2024 by xi'an
When (re)visiting the Doges’ Palace in Venice yesterday, and its window into the working of the Venetian Republic, we came upon a temporary exhibition on the journey of Marco Polo, which was great (and little attended). It included a reproduction of Fra Mauro’s map, made in 1452 in Venice, for the Government of the Republic and built on many sources including Marco Polo’s memoirs, Le Devisement du monde written in 1298 in franco-italian. (The original sits next door in Museo Correr.) The level of detail is mesmerizing and we spent quite a while seeking known places (with the Italian spelling at the time). It covers a lot of places from South-East Asia, including Japan, Korea, and Sri Lanka, as well as Madagascar. The exhibition as a whole is certainly worth the (few euros and the) trip from Ca’ Foscari if attending ISBA 2024.
