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Anglo-Saxon Mappa Mundi
- Anglo-Saxon Mappa Mundi Created in Canterbury between 1025 and 1050, this is the oldest surviving map of Britain.
The Gough Map or Bodleian Map[1] is a Late Medieval map of the island of Great Britain. Its precise dates of production and authorship are unknown. It is named after Richard Gough, who bequeathed the map to the Bodleian Library in Oxford 1809. He acquired the map from the estate of the antiquarian Thomas "Honest Tom" Martin in 1774. [2] .
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What is the Gough Map of Great Britain?
As visual objects such maps continue to fascinate and mystify modern audiences, as is the case with the ‘Gough Map of Great Britain’ – named after one of its former antiquarian owners, Richard Gough (1735-1809).
It is the earliest sheet map of Britain, created c. 1390-1410, but little is known about its purpose or who commissioned it. The map shows topographical features such as rivers, mountains and islands, as well as approximately 600 settlements.
Named after English antiquarian, collector and scholar Richard Gough, who donated the map to the Bodleian Library in 1809, the Gough Map or Bodleian Map is the oldest surviving road map of Great Britain.
Apr 8, 2008 · Richard Gough (1735–1809) was an antiquary who devoted himself to writing about British history, monuments, customs and topography. He avidly collected books and manuscripts in his areas of interest, and purchased the Gough Map at an auction in 1774 for a half-crown (worth about £72 today).
The Gough Map, named after one of its former antiquarian owners, Richard Gough (1735-1809), is internationally-renowned as one of the earliest maps to show Britain in a geographically-recognizable form, but its origins have long remained uncertain, including who made it, how, where and why?
Around the year 1300, the Byzantine scholar Maximos Planudes rediscovered a copy of Geographia, written in the second century AD by Ptolemy. Maximos was able to recreate some of the maps created by the ancient cartographer, including this one showing the British Isles. Portolan Chart by Pietro Vesconte.
