Dreams of discovering unknown lands have always ignited human curiosity. Aurora celebrates with a new Limited Edition Collection Ancient Maps that allowed Man to discover Uncharted Lands. An Ancient Map reveals not only the hope of discovery, the passion for exploration, but also denotes how the world has been delineated and unveiled, up to what we know today. Five fountain pens, symbols of 5 Ancient Maps that represent a new world overcomes its limits by bringing, through new discoveries, further knowledge to civilazation.

Aurora created for this Collection new essential pen details: an armillary head, an observation instrument for explorers to orient themselves through the stars.

A new bottom was designed symbolizing the rose of wind a driving tool of ancient maps. The clip, with the rings, reflect the movement of the sea and navigation.

Our journey among the ancient maps begins in the city of Alexandria in Egypt, home of the grandiose Library, and where around 150 A.D. the geographer Claudio Tolomeo, drew the first geographical map of the known world, using a grid of geometric lines, corresponding to latitude and longitude.

When Tolomeo’s work appeared for the first time in Europe it revolutionized continental cartography. The traditional arrangement of medieval maps with east at the top (from which the term orientation derives) was replaced by the north-south axis, to which the modern cartographic grid still in use today was added. 

In this limited edition collection, Aurora wants to involve the sense of Touch: developing a special tactile sleeve in relief where, with closed eyes, the explorers’ stages will be followed. This will allow you to dive by touching with your fingers.. the routes of the Ancient Maps that marked the New World.