Maps

Map of Great Britain by Matthew Paris (c. 1199-1259), made c. 1250. From the manuscript Epitome of Chronicles, BL Cotton...

The Da Ming Hunyi Tu is a Chinese world map made c. 1389, during the Ming Dynasty. The map, which replicates the curvature of...

The Gangnido (or Kangnido) is a world map created in Korea in 1402. This version of the map was created in Japan during the Edo Period...

The Tabula Rogeriana, as it is called in English, was made by Arab geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi in 1154. The map was commissioned...

This detail shows a section of the Tabula Peutingeriana, a 13th Century map of the world believed to be based on...

The Ebstorf Map is a Medieval world map made by Gervase of Ebstorf c. 1234-1240. The original map was destroyed in 1943 during World...