Medieval Maps of Britain

How did people depict England, Scotland and Wales in the Middle Ages? Here are 15 images of maps created between the 11th and 16th centuries, which shows how maps developed over history.



You can learn more about medieval maps:

Earliest medieval map of Britain put online

“Queen of All Islands”: The Imagined Cartography of Matthew Paris’s Britain

Saxton’s Atlas of the Counties of England and Wales

The Map of Early Modern London

Ten Beautiful Medieval Maps

Quiz: Medieval Maps

…and more on Maps in the Middle Ages

Britain in the Anglo-Saxon Mappa Mundi

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