Ptolemy & Mappae Mundi: Mapmaking, part 1

Around the year AD150, the Greek astronomer and mathematician Claudius Ptolemy produced a detailed map of the known world that would later fire the imagination of Renaissance geographers. In an Anglo-Saxon England ruled by Cnut, a remarkable world map reflects the interconnectedness of the period.
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[@gaiuscaesar5940]

Fascinating content. The two fighting figures you mentioned in the south west of England may have been a reference to Gogmagog and Corineus: two fighting characters which were cut into the landscape on Plymouth Hoe and appear in local records from sometime in the 1400's.

[@compagejohn]

That is interesting; I will look into it.