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Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 20:36, 30 June 2019: 1,920 × 1,280 (837 KB): HombreDHojalata == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description={{es|1=Copia del Museo de la Catedral de El Burgo de Osma del mapa de los Comentarios al Apocalipsis de San Juan del Beato de Liébana.}} {{gl|1=Copia do Museo da Catedral de El Burgo de Osma do mapa dos Comentarios ó Apocalipsis ...
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.
Mappa Mundi in La Fleur des Histoires, 1459-1463, showing at top Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat. To modern eyes, mappae mundi can look superficially primitive and inaccurate. However, mappae mundi were never meant to be used as navigational charts and they make no pretence of showing the relative areas of land and water.
Español: Mapamundi del folio 200 vuelto del Códice de Roda, conservado en la Real Academia de la Historia (España), siglo X-XI, 232 folios (29 x 21 cm) en pergamino. Escritura visigótica. Escritura visigótica.
Español: Simulación generada por computadora de la temperatura de la superficie terrestre durante el Cretácico medio (hace unos 100 millones de años). El modelo predice que la temperatura global promedio era unos 4,8 ºC más alta que ahora. Dibujado a partir de Willis y McElwain 2002, a su vez redibujado de Barron y Washington 1984
Recolored some lakes and islands to their correct color, removed duplicate paths, fixed northern yemen border and added kosovo. 21:23, 30 May 2019: 4,500 × 2,234 (3.81 MB) LX: Reverted to version as of 14:45, 29 November 2013 (UTC). Don't overwrite widely used proper SVG files with fake SVG. 04:30, 30 May 2019: 4,500 × 2,234 (1.36 MB) A ba ...
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] Interpretations of the Hereford Mappa Mundi are difficult, because the original context and purpose are lost. [3]
It has an abundance of dark-skinned people, elephants, rhinoceroses, spices, and precious stones, such as rubies, emeralds or diamonds. The fields are blessed by the west wind, Favonio, and for that reason they yield two harvests a year. There are the Mountains of Gold, access to which is denied to humans by griffins and dragons.