The trove, in toto, consists of over 635,000 maps, 15,000 atlases and 250 globes, with some extremely old relics on display, ...

In the 13th Century, some people made a world map, and it was rubbish. Were they bad at geography? Or is there an intriguing reason behind the map's odd shapes and images? The Map Men investigate.

In a chance encounter I found a medieval map of the world — the Ebstorf mappa mundi — which I used as a basis for re-enacting the world. In the 20-odd years, many such maps were made to reframe the ...