First 'Bible map' published 500 years ago still influences how we think about borders, scientists argue

The first ever map in the Bible revolutionised map-making despite being printed the wrong way round, a new study reveals.
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How The First ‘Bible Map’ Showing Ancient Israel Tribes Shaped The Modern World

Religious maps from the 1300s showing tribal Israel inadvertently became the blueprint for how later mapmakers drew political ...
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How a 500-Year-Old Bible Map Accidentally Helped Shape the Modern Idea of Territorial Borders

A backwards 1525 Bible map helped shape modern borders, influencing how we imagine territory, nations, and political space ...

A Notorious Bible Map From 1525 Was Accidentally Backwards. It Changed the World Anyway.

Published in Zürich in 1525, Lucas Cranach the Elder’s map came at a moment when the modern idea of nation-states was only ...

First 'Bible map' published 500 years ago still influences how we think about borders, study suggests

The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago in 1525. The map was initially printed the ...
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A backwards Bible map that changed the world

Five hundred years ago, a Bible accidentally printed with a backwards map of the Holy Land sparked a revolution in how people imagined geography, borders, and even nationhood. Despite the blunder, the ...