The map, produced on the Mediterranean island of Majorca in 1375, contains just one example. ... Some of the artistry invented in Medieval Africa survives into the modern day.

A map showing the trading routes of the Medieval world. Raw materials and finished goods passed back and forth between Africa, Europe, the Middle East and the Far East.

List of Maps -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1: The African Puzzle: Canon and variations on the medieval ecumene -- Marvels at the southern edge of the world -- Prester John: the migration ...

A HISTORIC map which marks the supposed sites of religious events is still being decoded – nearly 1,000 years after it was made. The Mappa Mundi, in Hereford Cathedral, contains more than 500… ...

It also has one of the only surviving copies of the 1217 Magna Carta. Its most impressive artefact, however, is the Mappa Mundi: one of the oldest, largest and most curious medieval maps in the world.

Rungholt was once a booming trade town where residents reaped profits from the land’s bountiful natural resources — until a changing climate and rising sea levels ripped it all away.