Mappa Mundi: The greatest map of the medieval world | BBC Global
Mappa Mundi: The greatest map of the medieval world | BBC Global
On the second floor of the Library of Saint Marks in Venice, Italy, a map of the world occupies an entire room.
The Mappa Mundi, completed by Italian monk and cartographer Fra Mauro in 1459 AD, is the compendium of all the geographical knowledge of the time and is arguably the greatest medieval map of the world.
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No New World on that map.
1459 is not that far in the history. Other civilizations had better knowledge of world geography. Vasco de Gama was guided to India from the Cape of Good Hope by an Indian merchant-navigator. Columbus landed in America and called it India and the people, Indian; a mistake even celebrated today!
Ti's a fine Mundi, but ti's no Salvador Mundi English
Man, my grandfather from Peru used to call all world maps by this name Mappa Mundi, I guess I never adked why
I'm trying to get to Babylon…. Where are we?
I wonder if and why it would be considered better than Medieval Islamic maps?
The biggest Mappa Mundi is in Hereford Cathedral. It hung on a wall there unprotected and unstudied for centuries before anybody thought it'd be pretty neat to actually preserve the thing. It has these fantastic depictions of the various mythical beasts thought to reside pretty much "anywhere that is not here".
Lmao very few people are living “good lives” in NYC
The accent of the narrator is the new standard for the BBC.
Audio levels are all over the place, and many shots are lacking basic color correction. Come on BBC, you're better than this!
There are over 1,000 extant mappa mundi. Mappa mundi is not a uniquely identifying name.
I like her
Mappa Mundi: The greatest map of the medieval world… But never mind that, have a look at my arse.
fire the editor.
Sound on this is unacceptably bad, even for a youtube piece
My "Map Men" bros go way back with the mappa mundi
This map challenges the narrative and I love that
Nice informative 👍
After watched this from the start to the end, I'm still wondering who the lady in the thumbnail is……
cheers
Another reason to definitely state the Venice is the most beautiful city on earth!
I don't see the big deal. I could draw a better map than that.
Thumbnail did its job
Juan de la cosa, the first mapa mundi of the new world. In Madrid is amaizing
Who did the sound levels for this video?
The cartographer apparently knew about Japan, and yet he also apparently thought Japan had a medieval fortified city. It’s interesting how cultural assumptions remain even among scientists.
Swear Europeans are the best.
Another eurocentric map
Why the bot voice?
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Its not greatest map of medival world. Its just best europeans could do at that time.
Great video
Trust the BBC to have a presenter who can barely speak English… what a hopeless organisation.
It's deliberate….
Awefull map
Europians & their being a piece of shite
I would like to see more detail on the map and its locations.
Just curious, isn't the 'Mappa Mundi' map situated at the Hereford Cathedral in 🇬🇧UK (rather than 🇮🇹Venice)? 🤔
Well that guy did a bad job.
great video, best of luck!❤️
Educate this Italian lady. You could call that the first Italian map. Not the map of the world.