Oldest Accurate Map of Britain
Made in 1360, the Gough Map is the first map of Britain that actually looks halfway realistic – the ones before this were the shape of lizards or whales and looked like they'd been made by Stevie Wonder. According to Boing Boing:
Whatever, it looks ace. No GPS, mind.
Made in 1360, the Gough Map is the first map of Britain that actually looks halfway realistic – the ones before this were the shape of lizards or whales and looked like they'd been made by Stevie Wonder. According to Boing Boing:
"We don't know whether they did the coastline first then filled in the interior, or whether it was done by word of mouth – a verbal map – so they put in London then worked outwards, adding places they knew."
Whatever, it looks ace. No GPS, mind.
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