Explore the Medieval Maps of the Ryukyu Kingdom Online
Explore the Ryukyu Kuniezu—three massive 17th-century maps of the Ryukyu Kingdom—now online in high resolution, with zoomable details of Okinawa and the island chains, plus the Wako Zukan pirate scroll.
Symposium “Mappa Mundi: Mapping the Mediaeval World” to Take Place in Toronto
St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto will host Mappa Mundi: Mapping the Mediaeval World, an in-person symposium exploring medieval cartography and how people in the Middle Ages visualized and interpreted their world. The event will take place Saturday, April 11, 2026.
Crusader Frontiers: Mapping the Medieval Holy Land
Mapmaker Dr Adomas Klimantas reveals how he created a detailed map of the Crusader States in the 12th-century.
Medieval Maps of Britain
Explore 10 medieval maps of Britain—from early mappae mundi and Ptolemaic charts to portolans, the Gough Map, and the Catalan Atlas—revealing how England, Scotland and Wales were drawn in the Middle Ages.
The First Bible Map Turns 500 – And It Helped Shape How We See Borders Today
The 1525 Holy Land map, the first ever printed in a Bible, not only revolutionised biblical illustration but helped shape early modern concepts of territory and nationhood, a new study finds.
Medieval Islamic Maps on Display at Dublin’s Chester Beatty
A thirteenth-century Arabic manuscript featuring one of the earliest known collections of Islamic world maps is the focus of Routes and Realms –…
Medieval England’s Road Network Mapped Using the Gough Map
A new study uses the Gough Map to reconstruct medieval England’s road network, revealing how Roman routes shaped travel for centuries.
This map is 900 years old – how accurate is it?
Around the year 1136, a map was inscribed in China. It is considered a remarkable example of medieval geography, but how does it fare when tested against modern georeferencing?
A Medieval Map of the World with Meredith Small
With a team of dedicated monks and lay brothers to help him, fifteenth-century Venetian Fra Mauro attempted to create the most accurate map of the world. This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Meredith Small about this incredible mappamundi, what it contained, and how this landed Fra Mauro on the moon.
Monsters Traveling from Map to Book: An Unexpected Journey
In this talk I will examine three cases in which information traveled in the other direction: the authors of books used maps as their sources for monsters.
Medieval Maps: The Holy Roman Empire in the 12th century
Our latest digital map of the medieval world is for sale on our Patreon.
Maps: East Asia in the Year 1000
A digital map of medieval Asia is now available in our Patreon Shop.
Maps: Africa in the 14th century
A great digital map of the medieval world – Africa in the 14th century.
Maps: London in the 14th century
Our latest digital map for sale – fourteenth-century London.
Adriatic Sea or Gulf of Venice? How Medieval Politics played out on maps
For centuries a debate was taking place among Europe’s mapmakers: should the Adriatic Sea be called the Gulf of Venice?
Maps: The Norman Conquest of England in 1066
Our latest digital map for sale – a detailed look at the events of the Norman Conquest of England.
Maps: Europe in the Year 1000
Our latest map of the medieval world details Europe in the year 1000.
New Medieval Books: Here Begins the Dark Sea
The story of the Venetian monk Fra Mauro and the map of the world he created in 1459.
What were 12th-century Maps of the Holy Land meant to express?
My argument is that the earliest Western type of Holy Land map was formulated in a purely religious context — not in relation to the Crusader enterprise and ideology — and that this type of map was a pure devotional image.
The Madaba Map: A Further Reexamination
I claim that the Madaba map belonged to a new genre of “Holy Land” iconography that appeared in Palestine in the sixth century, iconography that related to the formation of the Holy Land’s sacred space and the interpretation of its landscape in light of the biblical text.
Five Maps to Explore Medieval Britain
These five interactive maps offer us a lot of ways to look back on Britain during the Middle Ages.
“The Vinland Map is a fake” – new research suggests map is a 20th century forgery
A new analysis shows that the ink used in the Vinland Map was created no earlier than the 1920s, which further demonstrates that the famous item purportedly showing a medieval view of the Americas is actually a modern-day forgery.
Brief Introduction to Medieval Maps
Helen Davies, John Wyatt Greenlee, and Tobias Hrynick offer a brief introduction to medieval maps, what they look like, how they were made, and more!
Medieval Manuscripts: Cartography, Diplomacy and Espionage in the Atlas Miller
A closer look at the lavishly decorated charts reveals not only routes towards new horizons but also hidden motives of its commissioners and a high-stake intrigue.