Surprised by Time

An earlier entry told about Bartolomeo Minio's disastrous voyage to Flanders with the trade muda , fleet, for 1485.  This en...

Athens. All images are taken from Piri Reis and His Charts by Mine Esiner Özen (1998). The most down-loaded images i...

  The Palaiologos family, 1408.   [Note: I have obtained new information which has changed my mind somewhat about Manuel as a father....

  Odysseus on Kalypso's shore Book Five of the Odyssey begins with the bare mention of Tithonos, beloved of rosy-fingered Dawn. Th...

Crete, by Piri Re'is  From July 1500 through August 1502, Bartolomeo Minio was Venetian captain of Crete, which meant that he had...

  Drake's Drum at Buckland Abbey "Take my drum to England, hang et by the shore, Strike et when your powder's ru...