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 ...

Jerusalem is at the centre of the medieval Mappa Mundi The Mappa Mundi is due to go back on display in a new exhibition designed to make the ancient map easier to see. Canon Chris Pullin from Hereford ...

The medieval Mappa Mundi is going on show again at Hereford Cathedral. The map was drawn up in about 1300 and is thought to be among the oldest maps of the world still in existence. The new display ...