mappa mundi

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nounmappa mundi (plural mappae mundi)

A medieval European map of the world.
Even the best maps and projections of our future are likely to prove little more accurate than a medieval mappa mundi.
2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 377
Synonyms: mappemond

nounA medieval European map of the world.

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Borrowed from Latin mappa mundī (“map of the world”).

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