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 ...

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 ...

Image source, Hereford Mappa Mundi Trust The next image shows the first time that the name 'America' was used on a map as a term for the New World. Image source, Library of Congress, Geography and ...

Hereford Cathedral says its map is the largest of its kind still in existence A medieval map of the world that was believed to have been made miles away from the cathedral where it is on display ...

British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare has worked with a diverse group of people in Herefordshire to create a new textile commission for local charity Meadow Arts, inspired by the Hereford Mappa ...

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 ...

HEREFORD Cathedral has been put well and truly on the map during a TV quiz show ... The cathedral is famed for its chained library and holding the world-famous Mappa Mundi.