The Mappa Mundi, completed by monk Fra Mauro in 1459, is the compendium of all the geographical knowledge of the time and is arguably the greatest medieval map of the world. Video by Anna ...

Wind Rose detail from the “Portolan Atlas of the World” (1587) Photograph by Prisma/Album Medieval maps were usually constructed using a wind rose (a diagram showing the frequency, strength ...

Hereford Cathedral is home to the oldest surviving Medieval map of the world - the Mappa Mundi. The majority of the medieval maps of the world that survive today were not designed for travel.

Miller in memory of James J. Rorimer, 1975.258. Public domain. The Northern Medieval World aims to integrate research from historical, archaeological, literary and other traditions. Highly ...

A short clip that looks at the Hereford Mappa Mundi, a fascinating medieval map of the world.

Hear how the map defies the thinking that medieval scholars thought the world was flat, as well as how the map is kept safe for the future, and who its original author might just have been all ...