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Medieval Atlas

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This Medieval atlas from 1375 didn’t have any of the longitude and latitude grid lines that became common in later maps, but it certainly looked a lot more fun. There are graphics or flags that show what you’ll find in certain areas that quite frankly looks like those maps they give out at the Magic Kingdom at Disney. In fact, everything seems a lot more identifiable and less complicated than most maps that geographers and cartographers designed in modern time.

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