A mapmaker's dream
by James Cowan

A monk in 16th Century Venice creates a map of the world, based on the tales of travellers he receives in his monastery. Fra Mauro, official cartographer, interprets and speculates on the world, turning map making into a voyage of human imagination. By the author of Letters from the Wild Side.
Courts and courtiersCartographersFictionItaly, fictionFiction, visionary & metaphysical