The oldest and rarest manuscript map in the American Geographical Society Library’s collection–Venetian cartographer Giovanni Leardo’s 1452 mappamundi–will be scanned using multispectral technology in March this year.
A team from the Lazarus Project, based at the University of Rochester, is visiting AGSL to scan the Leardo and, via digital processing, produce archival-quality images that will reveal faded and even invisible-to-the-naked-eye inscriptions on the nearly 600 year-old hand-drawn map.
The Lazarus team will offer a talk on their project and the AGSL’s Leardo map on Wednesday, March 12 at 5 p.m. in the AGSL.