Images

A 1598 map of the Portuguese colony of Cape Verde, an archipelago in the Central Atlantic off the coast of West Africa. Drawn by Barent Langenes. (National Library of France, Paris)

Model of a Roman grain ship, National Maritime Museum, Haifa, Israel.

Banna-ji, a Buddhist temple, was built in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan in 1196.

Komine Castle in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan was built in 1340.

Tsuruga Castle in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan was built in 1384.

Yamagata Castle in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan was built in 1356.

Kubota Castle in Akida Prefecture, Japan was built in 1604 CE.

Ne Castle in Aomori Prefecture, Japan was built in 1334.

Hirosaki Castle in Aomori Prefecture, Japan was built in 1611.

The Goryōkaku star fort in Hokkaido, Japan was built in 1866.