Map from The Boke of Idrography byJean Rotz, also called Johne Rotz. He was a 16th-century French artist-cartographer, born to a Scottish father and a French mother.
The slide is labelled "British Museum Bibl. Reg. 20 E. IX John Rotz. Book of…
The Hereford Mappa Mundi is the largest medieval map still known to exist, depicting the known world. It is a religious rather than literal depiction, featuring heaven, hell and the path to salvation. Dating from ca. AD 1300, the map is drawn in a…
An illustrated religious map of the world showing Adam, Eve and the Serpent at the top, and the four winds.
The slide is labelled "British Museum 20.e.6 Turin Map by Ottino".
The Hereford Mappa Mundi is the largest medieval map still known to exist, depicting the then known world. It is a religious rather than literal depiction, featuring heaven, hell and the path to salvation. Dating from ca. AD 1300. It is displayed at…
Some identifiable places include Persia, Galilee, Rhodes and Cyprus. The map is oriented with east to the top.
Slide is labelled "British Museum ADD MS 10049 for 64 r JEROME"
This world map occupies two pages of a manuscript and is oriented with the East at the top where a framed picture of Adam, Eve and Serpent can be seen. Ethiopia and Libya are identified and the Mediterranean is a narrow channel rising from the…
Dating from the mid 13th century this is the first (extant) map to incorporate the travel reports of Marco Polo and Ibn Batuta. It shows Asia up to India, marking places like the Delhi Sultanate and others with reasonable accuracy. The atlas also…
A copy of a 6th century map by Cosmas, showing the known world, centred on the Mediterranean Sea. It includes the Nile, Tigris and Euphrates and also the Arabian and Persian Gulfs.
The slide is labelled "The Cosmas Map"