Europe and the Age of Exploration – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/europe-and-the-age-of-exploration
In addition to the discovery and colonization of far off lands, these years were filled with pronounced advancements in cartography and navigational instruments, along with other advances in the study of anatomy and optics.
Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1991. Vezzosi, Alessandro.
