🐉Medieval mapmakers commonly added dragons and sea monsters to empty spaces on maps.
🗺️Maps during the Middle Ages and beyond combined functional mapping with cosmographies.
🌍The aim of many maps commissioned by rulers was to depict the world's geography rather than aid navigation.
🌐Early world maps depicted Europe, Asia, and North Africa as wrapping around a flattened sphere.
🔎As explorers traveled and gained more knowledge, maps gradually became more accurate.