Maps

The "Psalter World Map" was made c. 1265, and depicts the world as it was known to Medieval Europeans. Approx. 9.5 cm (3.7 in...

The Hereford Mappa Mundi is a world map dating to c. 1300. It is the largest surviving Medieval map, and is based on earlier...

The "Cotton Map" is an Anglo-Saxon map of the world produced during the 12th Century. The map is oriented with East...

A 1665 map drawn by Johannes Vingboons of the island of São Tomé in the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa. The island was...

This map illustrates the sweep of Viking exploration between the late 8th and early 11th centuries, charting...

A c.1584 map of the Azores archipelago in the North Atlantic. The islands were uninhabited before they were colonized by...