MAP CURIOS
LOCATION OF PARADISE. Maps, during the Middle Ages, showed the geographic location of Paradise on earth. The heavenly kingdom was given a position to agree with its im portancc—at the top of the map. T< indicate its location the map usually bore a picture of Eden. It was customary, in the Middle Ages for map-makers to fill in blank spaces on maps with descriptive impressions. This was done to cover ignorance of what should actually have filled the blank areas. On one ancient map there were the words “Here lion; abound," in the extreme north-eastern part of Russia, a place where it would be impossible for lions to exist because of the cold climate. A map of England—drawn in the 13th century—contains a note in Latin stating that if the space available on the manuscript had been larger the length of England would have been shown to have been greater. The Russian Court, before the World War, sought friendship with the French by presenting them with a mar of France made entirely of gold and jewels. This extraordinary map —the most, costly ever macle —may be seen today in the Louvre.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 August 1939, Page 9
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193MAP CURIOS Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 August 1939, Page 9
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