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The Cartographic Value of the Madaba Mosaic Map in Jordan

  • Journal of the Korean Cartographic Association
  • Abbr : JKCA
  • 2013, 13(2), pp.1-10
  • Publisher : The Korean Cartographic Association
  • Research Area : Social Science > Geography > Geography in general > Cartography

Nam Young-Woo 1,  KIMBooSung 1

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This paper examines the cartographic value of the Madaba Mosaic Map in Jordan.The Madaba Map is the oldest detailed cartographic document in the world. Made about the year 565 A.D. from more than two million colored stone cubes, the map formed the mosaic floor of a Byzantine church in the biblical town of Medeba, today Madaba in Jordan. It was rediscovered only in 1884, but its unique character was recognised only in 1896, after the new Greek Orthodox Church of St.George had been built over it. The map originally covered an area of more than 15.5 m by 6 m with a geographic sweep from Lebanon in the North to the Nile delta in the south. Less than a third of the map has survived, Unlike T-O Map, the Madaba Map is not just a collection of pretty pictures to illustrate the Holy Bible it is in fact a real geographical and topographical map. In spite of some inaccuracies such as the lack of scale, lack of space, the overriding importance of religious convictions it is cartographically correct to a considerable degree and is not only oldest but also the most exact map of palestine before modern cartography.

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