Thule (/ˈθjuːliː/[1] Ancient Greek: Θούλη, romanized: Thúlē ; Latin: Thūlē also spelled as Thylē [2]) is the most northerly location mentioned in ancient Greek and Roman literature and cartography. First written of by the Greek explorer Pytheas of Massalia (modern-day Marseille, France) in about 320 BC, it was often described by later writers as an... See more

Cartographers have been grappling with their own epistemological barrens. Medieval and Renaissance mapmakers famously demarcated the edges of the discovered world with mythical sea creatures that embodied the limits of exploration and knowledge. As historian Chet Van Duzer argues, those monsters represented a variety of epistemological... See more

The Venetian Atlas is a recently rediscovered work of the 14th-century Genoese cartographer Petrus Vesconte, thought to have been completed towards the end of his Venetian period (c. 1330). Though the geographer has long been renowned for the accuracy of his nautical maps of the Mediterranean and Black seas, this long-lost portolan chart is... See more

טרה אינקוגניטה (בלטינית: Terra incognita , בעברית: ארץ לא-נודעת) הוא המונח הלטיני בו השתמשו בקרטוגרפיה לתיאור שטחי יבשה שעדיין לא מופו או תועדו. הביטוי נזכר לראשונה בספר 'גאוגרפיה' של פטולומאיוס תַלְמָי בסביבות שנת 150 לספירה. המונח הוחזר לשימוש במאה החמש-עשרה בעידן התגליות. ביטויים מקבילים ניתן למצוא בצרפתית ( terres inconnues ) ובאנגלית ( Parts... See more