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A notorious 1525 Bible map was backward and still changed history

Five centuries ago, a single misprinted image in a German Bible quietly rewired how Europeans pictured the world and their place in it. The 1525 map of the Holy Land, reversed like a mirror image, was ...
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First ‘Bible map’ published 500 years ago still influences how we think about borders

UNDER STRICT EMBARGO UNTIL 19:01 US ET ON FRIDAY 28TH NOVEMBER 2025 / 00:01 UK (GMT) ON SATURDAY 29TH NOVEMBER 2025 The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago in ...
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How The First ‘Bible Map’ Showing Ancient Israel Tribes Shaped The Modern World

Medieval Christians drawing boundaries around ancient Israelite tribes on Holy Land maps had no idea they were influencing how later mapmakers would depict political power. Those red ink lines, meant ...
The Times of Israel

How the first Bible to include a map helped spread the idea of countries with borders

THE CONVERSATION — Five hundred years ago, the first Bible featuring a map was published. The anniversary has passed uncelebrated, but it transformed the way that Bibles were produced. The map ...
Daily Mail

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

The first ever map in the Bible still influences how we think about borders today – despite being printed the wrong way round 500 years ago, a new study reveals. Nathan MacDonald, professor of ...