Alex Clausen is a map dealer. And although that designation ... The chart is the only complete 14th century portolan known to exist outside Europe. Although not the oldest portolan in existence ...

LOS ANGELES — Alex Clausen is a map dealer. And although that designation ... The chart is the only complete 14th-century portolan known to exist outside Europe. Although not the oldest ...

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a 14th-century medieval castle, including a moat, hidden beneath the courtyard of a historic hotel in France. Jewelry, pots, pans and padlocks were ...

The rare 14th-century portolan chart is worth $7.5 million. Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times / Getty Images Last fall, Christie’s auctioned off a “highly unusual” nautical map as part of ...

And as the cache of rings, brooches and other objects came to light, so did a vanished community of 14th-century France. Opening July 22 at the Met Cloisters, “The Colmar Treasure: A Medieval ...