Marco Polo's Toponyms

The story of Marco Polo influenced the world of cartography for at lest few centuries. If you look at East Asia on pretty much any late medieval map, most of...

Rise and Fall of Tartaria

The history of Tartary is certainly not very well known in the Western world. Some even go as far as to suggest that it was “scrubbed from history books” and...

Patagonian Giants

Many cultures and civilizations all around the world have stories about giants in their mythology or folklore. The reports of their size greatly vary and characteristics range from vicious man-eating...