Richard Jones · @rlcj
501 followers · 466 posts · Server mstdn.social
Completely unconsciously my #walk today has perfectly described #medieval #maps of #Britain based on the #geography of #Ptolemy. Think #GoughMap rather than Matthew Paris (who famously ran out of #parchment so reduced the size of #Scotland and apologised for so doing in the margin!).
#scotland #parchment #goughmap #Ptolemy #geography #britain #Maps #medieval #walk
Matthew Edney · @mhedney
39 followers · 71 posts · Server historians.social
Here's a great podcast w/ Cat Jarman about the 13c Gough, interviewing Nick Millea and Catherine Delano Smith about the always-intriguing and always-elusive "Gough Map"
https://podfollow.com/gone-medieval/episode/8fbed015130f729ed2de94ebffe6e46577d52cfb/view
#maphistory #medieval #goughmap