Thursday, June 5, 2008

Historic Maps




Map of Central Italy, by Leonardo da Vinci

ca. 1502, manuscript, chalk and pigment on paper

Lent by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

With his map of central Italy, Leonardo da Vinci introduced the cartographic convention of using color to indicate changes in elevation.





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