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Wikipedia eklektiline sügavus XVI

Mappa mundi is a general term used to describe medieval European maps of the world. To modern eyes, mappae mundi can look superficially primitive and inaccurate. However, mappae mundi were never meant to be used as navigational charts and they make no pretense of showing the relative areas of land and water. Rather, mappae mundi […]