On the Hereford Mappa Mundi (World Map) in England, several dragon-like creatures appear within its borders. Rom Whitaker, on his quest to find today’s real-life dragons, uses the Hereford Mappa ...

Its most impressive artefact, however, is the Mappa Mundi: one of the oldest, largest and most curious medieval maps in the world. Chapter of Hereford Cathedral (Credit: Chapter of Hereford ...

the Mappa Mundi is the compendium of all the geographical knowledge of the time and is arguably the greatest medieval map of the world. Almost twice as large as the famous English Hereford Mappa ...

So we've put together this list of the coolest maps around, complete with commentary from experts in the field. 01. Hereford Mappa Mundi, by Richard of Haldingham or Lafford, c.1300 While there ...

It is the largest medieval map known still to exist. The Hereford Mappa Mundi hung, little regarded, for many years on a wall of a choir aisle in the cathedral. During the troubled times of the ...

Hereford Cathedral said its 700-year-old Mappa Mundi, the largest such map in existence, was made in Hereford, not Lincoln as previously thought. The cathedral said it had scientific evidence to ...

Hereford voted overwhelmingly for Leave. Maps and their ghosts remind us that our sense of the world, and our place within it, are contingent. The Mappa Mundi is the largest surviving medieval map. An ...

inspired by the Hereford Mappa Mundi – the largest medieval world map to survive to the present day. This treasure, which depicts the world as it was known around the year 1300 with philosophical – if ...

Visitors to Hereford Cathedral will be able to see the new 3D exhibit in place alongside the original from Tuesday 4 June. Professor Brotton, author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps, which ...