Discovering New Worlds, West and East: 1400-1500

 

Sailing Over the Edge

We wonder what anxieties and hopes went through the minds of those daring sailors who first intentionally ventured far out into the open sea. They had no knowledge of what heaven or hell was over the horizon: the superstitions and religions of their day contributed to both their fears and their confidences.

 

Greek Coasts


Unknown Artist, 1500 (?)

Parchment, 60 x 41 cm

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris