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The Hereford Mappa Mundi, about 1300, Hereford Cathedral, England. A mappa mundi (Latin [ˈmappa ˈmʊndiː]; plural = mappae mundi; French: mappemonde; Middle English: mappemond) is any medieval European map of the world.
Delnero, Paul, "A Land with No Borders: A New Interpretation of the Babylonian “Map of the World”", Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History, vol. 4, no. 1-2, pp. 19-37, 2017 Finkel, Irving , "The Babylonian Map of the World, or the Mappa Mundi", in Babylon: Myth and Reality, ed. Irving Finkel and Michael Seymour.
1784 sketch of the triptych containing the Hereford Mappa Mundi, showing side panels. The map has been interpreted from a topographical and encyclopedic perspective, but more recent approaches have attempted to see the map as a work of art, that conveys meanings through symbolism and associations. [2]
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Early world maps cover depictions of the world from the Iron Age to the Age of Discovery and the emergence of modern geography during the early modern period.Old maps provide information about places that were known in past times, as well as the philosophical and cultural basis of the map, which were often much different from modern cartography.
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