Britain's first A to Z: The amazing 14th-century map of Britain
Britain's first A to Z: The amazing 14th-century map of Britain
It is the oldest surviving map of Britain, dating from around 1360.

The cartographer must have been feeling cocky. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago
tags britain map 14th century Hereford Mappa Mundi
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 Pocksuck...
7 months ago
« AutumnLotus :
The cartographer must have been feeling cocky.
There is something about it. But that bend in it... His grip must have been too tight.

On his quill. The grip on his quill, I mean.
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 fugazi
7 months ago
From the article---
"In its correct position it looks rather like an old mildewed boot with Wales as the heel, Scotland as the toe and East Anglia sticking up into the air."

Right....that's what I thought, too...a boot...you know, like Italy...

This room smells like elephant.
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 nduanete...
7 months ago
So...am I the only one who thinks it looks like a penis, then?
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 AutumnLo...
7 months ago
« nduanetesh : So...am I the only one who thinks it looks like a penis, then?
No, penis was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the map.
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 nduanete...
7 months ago
« AutumnLotus : No, penis was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the map.
But, you see I was making a joke because everybody else was just sort of hinting...

Oh, nevermind.
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