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  • Ancient Map Shows Egg-Shaped England

    06/06/2004 5:45:19 PM PDT · by blam · 54 replies · 281+ views
    The Guardian (UK) ^ | 6-6-2004 | Vanessa Thorpe
    Ancient map shows egg-shaped England Vanessa Thorpe, arts and media correspondent Sunday June 6, 2004 The Observer It is known as a catalogue of 'marvel for the eyes' and tomorrow the public will be able to judge for themselves at last. A previously unknown medieval Arabic map with the earliest representation of an identified 'England' - a tiny, egg-shaped lump - is to go on public display in Oxford. The unique and, until now, unseen map is part of a manuscript called the Book of Curiosities of the Sciences and Marvels, which was originally put together, probably in the Nile...