In 16th-century Europe, it was primarily used to line cupboard interiors or the walls of merchants' homes before appearing in both grand aristocratic houses and commoners' homes. In the 1960s and ...

The journeys of 15th- and 16th-century European explorers are depicted on Cantino’s map including Vasco da Gama’s first voyage in search of a sea route to India (1497-99) and the “discovery ...