More Medieval Maps

Earlier this month I posted The earliest surviving maps of Great Britain linking to an online article about early maps of Britain.

I have now found another online article from Rare Historical Photos about maps of the world from late antiquity through to the seventeenth century. A number are schematic like the Hereford Mappa Mundi from the early fourteenth century. Others however are concerned to give as accurate a cartographic representation of the world as the mapmakers could. Looking at the various maps serves as a reminder of how much was known long before we might think, and that for centuries people understood the earth far better than more modern writers have assumed and claimed.

The online article can be seen at Ancient Maps That Reveal How Our Ancestors Imagined the World