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RossThe map makers didn't know what was there. People didn't travel long distances in the middle ages and the trade routes were along the Coastlines so they hadn't gone across vast oceans. Not only didn't they have the ability, but there were superstitions that kept them close to home. One was that there were islands in the oceans that were made of magnets and if a ship got too close it would pull out all the nails sinking the boat. There was also no real need to want to explore.
Because back in the Middle Ages they didn't have satellites. They just estimated the landscape. So that is why the were not perfect.
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What role did geography play in the development of the middle ages?
Geography was important in the Middle Ages because they helped make maps and people who sailed across the oceans needed to where to go so they needed a map of the world.
Why was the orient so important in the middle ages that it was put on the top of maps?
because religion was the bases of society so they put it at the top because it had highest importance on the map
What were the large unexplored areas of the world called during the middle ages?
On medieval maps, unexplored land was generally labeled, Terra Incognita, meaning unknown land.
How did cartography influence European Worldview?
Europe was often put at the middle of the map and at the top, now people think this was because we put things that are important at the top of lists It gave everybody who had access to maps a shared way of visualizing the planet (but then this was not a uniquely European thing, nor was the one before it) They put Jerusalem at the center of the T-O maps but that's more a result of the European Worldview that placed salvation in the center of life but then all these things are self-reeënforcing loops
Where can you get a map of burlington England in the middle ages?
Burlington was a town in Yorkshire, and is now the "Old Town" section of Bridlington. You can find Bridlington, United Kingdom at the maps section of google. Bridlington is also in Wikipedia, and the article has a reference to Burlington. There are links below.
