At the Morgan Library, 15th-century illuminated atlases embody the medieval appetite for wonder and myth.

The trove, in toto, consists of over 635,000 maps, 15,000 atlases and 250 globes, with some extremely old relics on display, ...

Göran Bengtsson, a hobby archaeologist, was studying an 18th-century map of southwestern Sweden when he noticed something unusual. A rectangle and the word “Klosterkullen,” which translates to ...

Hereford Cathedral is home to the oldest surviving Medieval map of the world - the Mappa Mundi. The majority of the medieval maps of the world that survive today were not designed for travel.

Miller in memory of James J. Rorimer, 1975.258. Public domain. The Northern Medieval World aims to integrate research from historical, archaeological, literary and other traditions. Highly ...