The Hereford Mappa Mundi c.1300 - The Beauty of Maps - Episode 1 - BBC Four

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A short clip that looks at the Hereford Mappa Mundi, a fascinating medieval map of the world.
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[@theflutefreak]

Who else recognizes the creaky door sound effect at 0:25 from Crayola 3D Castle Creator

[@elliotkey7961]

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[@hellooooo880]

i thought they were about to expose it hard when they said there was a pinprick from a compass cus i didn't know they had commpasses back then

[@mreb6007]

ik me too

[@al28283]

@rickaplin you can't tell it's an American Bald Eagle from the sound, many others sound alike

[@welshpete12]

I do know very little about ornithology . But here were we live which is near to Hereford . We have a bird that does have a cry like this .

[@1978rharris]

al28283 American bald eagles don’t sound like that. They actually have a ridiculous sounding cry, kind of like silly laughter.

[@itzjonny942]

I just heard an assassins creed eagle noise 😂

[@samanthatollstam6302]

Ok. But the sun represents east. So why is it facing north? And if it is turned properly... Doesn't that make that the Baltic sea? The islands and rivers are then in their proper places by the Baltic if you rotate it... Yes.
Also... I'd it is rotated so the sun is east... then the location of Israel is inaccurate according to it's position on the Mediterranean sea.
However... If considered as the Baltic shouldn't that put Israel near Latvia and Lithuania.
Maybe check out those ruins in the area with the ancient 7 candle stand menorahs. Pretty nifty.
Oh my. How the truth is gonna shake so much up. Crazy.

[@minimal9001]

You know that this map is pretty accurate I'm guessing? Just that it's misunderstood with modern mapping.

[@ECTBWHO]

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[@rickaplin]

I never knew the American Bald Eagle resided in Asia at that time! Same old bloody sound effects CD - always used in the wrong context, in the wrong geographical location!!

[@elliotkey7961]

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[@nightmisterio]

I say it's a fake from only a few hundred years ago

[@hellooooo880]

yeah im like hold on they had compasses back then???

[@versy_fifa]

@@hellooooo880 yes but thay still used maps and things

[@elizabethread8017]

@@hellooooo880 The Romans has drawing compasses and the Mappa Mundi was 1300 so perfectly possible.

[@markfox1545]

​@@hellooooo880- 'yeah I'm like hold on'? Try to communicate. Use your words.