Ebstorf Map of the World / c. 1283/4

Geography:. Maps / Maps of the World. The Ebstorf map of the world. (the world as a flat disk with Jerusalem as the centre); c. 1283. On parchment (30 sheets), dm 3.5m. Formerly at Ebstorf Monastery nr. Ülzen, aft. 1845 at the Provinc. Museum Hannover, lost in 1943 during the war.

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