Host Dave Schlom visits with best-selling author and award-winning anthropologist Meredith F. Small to talk about her new book, Here Begins The Dark Sea: Venice, a Medieval Monk and the Creation of the Most Accurate Map of The World.

Blue Dot: Here Begins The Dark Sea: a conversation with author Meredith F. Small on the Fra Mauro map

Blue Dot, named after Carl Sagan's famous speech about our place in the universe, features interviews with guests from all over the regional, national and worldwide scientific communities. Host Dave Schlom leads discussions about the issues science is helping us address with experts who shed light on climate change, space exploration, astronomy, technology and much more. Dave asks us to remember: from deep space, we all live on a pale, blue dot.

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Blue Dot: Here Begins The Dark Sea: a conversation with author Meredith F. Small on the Fra Mauro map

Blue Dot: Here Begins The Dark Sea: a conversation with author Meredith F. Small on the Fra Mauro map

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