Kurt Andersen and historian Simon Schama survey the art and imagination behind maps. Spanish author Arturo Prez-Reverte talks about the mysterious maps and sunken treasure in his new novelThe Nautical Chart,artist Andra McCartney maps her world with sound, and a 16th-century cartographer slaps a name on that weird new continent over to the left. Plus, we look back at the golden age of the violin.
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