Locations Hereford Mappa Mundi

locations on hereford mappa mundi



detail showing british isles

0 – @ centre of map: jerusalem, above it: crucifix.

1 – paradise, surrounded wall , ring of fire. during world war ii printed in japanese textbooks since paradise appears in location of japan.

2 – ganges , delta.

3 – fabulous island of taphana, interpreted sri lanka or sumatra.

4 – rivers indus , tigris.

5 – caspian sea, , land of gog , magog

6 – babylon , euphrates.

7 – persian gulf.

8 – red sea (painted in red).

9 – noah s ark.

10 – dead sea, sodom , gomorrah, river jordan, coming sea of galilee; above: lot s wife.

11 – egypt river nile.

12 – river nile (?), or possibly allusion equatorial ocean; far outside: land of monstrous races, possibly antipodes.

13 – azov sea rivers don , dnieper; above: golden fleece.

14 – constantinople; left of danube s delta.

15 – aegean sea.

16 – oversized delta of nile alexandria s pharos lighthouse.

17 – legendary norwegian gansmir, skis , ski pole.

18 – greece mt. olympus, athens , corinth

19 – misplaced crete minotaur s circular labyrinth.

20 – adriatic sea; italy rome, honoured popular latin hexameter; roma caput mundi tenet orbis frena rotundi ( rome, head, holds reins of world ).

21 – sicily , carthage, opposing rome, right of it.

22 – scotland.

23 – england.

24 – ireland.

25 – balearic islands.

26 – strait of gibraltar (the pillars of hercules).