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From a small island in the Venetian lagoon, a 15th-Century monk somehow designed an astonishingly accurate planisphere of the world. On the second floor of the Library of Saint Mark in Venice, a map ...

Hereford's Mappa Mundi contains more than 500 ink drawings including amazing 'evidence' for apparent locations of key biblical events A HISTORIC map which marks the supposed sites of religious events ...

Seven centuries ago, an artist made a perforation with a compass on a large piece of parchment. The pinprick formed the centre of his universe. Around it he drew the circular shape of a city, with ...

In the 13th Century, some people made a world map, and it was rubbish. Were they bad at geography? Or is there an intriguing reason behind the map's odd shapes and images? The Map Men investigate.

British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare has worked with a diverse group of people in Herefordshire to create a new textile commission for local charity Meadow Arts, inspired by the Hereford Mappa ...