EditorialPsalter map, around 1250. Jerusalem in the center, surrounded by a zome of winds. The Psalter map is so called because it acompanied a 13th century copy of the Book of Psalms. One of the earliest maps with Jerusalem in the centre,reflecting the medieva...
EditorialMap of Canada. A historic vellum painted map, of the Americas, North and South with colonial possessions of France and Spain. Canada. Map of the world, Faicte a Arqves par Pierres Desceliers. France 1550. Map of the world, "Faicte a Arqves par Pierres ...
EditorialMap of the world, probably from Sippar, southern Iraq, Babylonian, 700-500 BCE. This tablet contains both a cuneiform inscription and a unique map of the Mesopotamian world. Babylon is shown in the centre, the rectangle in the top half of the circle an...