From a small island in the Venetian lagoon, a 15th-Century monk somehow designed an astonishingly accurate planisphere of the world. On the second floor of the Library of Saint Mark in Venice, a map ...

The extraordinary reproduction of the map’s surface will be unveiled for the first time by Jerry Brotton, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary’s School of English and Drama, and his ...

In the Hereford Cathedral in Hereford, England, hangs the largest surviving medieval map of the world, the Mappa Mundi. It was drawn around 1285 CE and looks like nothing you might expect when ...

A medieval map of the world that was believed to have been made miles away from the cathedral where it is on display may have been created closer to home. Hereford Cathedral said its 700-year-old ...

The Mappa Mundi has been added to a list of the world's most important historical documents. The 13th century map, regarded as an outstanding treasure of the medieval world and the largest surviving ...

WORCESTERSHIRE residents can get closer to the unique Mappa Mundi map at Hereford Cathedral than at any other time in its 700-year-old history. After a two year project, which involved consultations ...

Bernard Knox, director emeritus of Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies, is the author of many acclaimed books on classical literature and civilization, including "Backing Into the Future: The ...

Hereford Cathedral says its map is the largest of its kind still in existence A medieval map of the world that was believed to have been made miles away from the cathedral where it is on display may ...