Mappa Dan
@mappadan.bsky.social
Home of my thoughts about archaic maps and mappae mundi, reconstructions and snaps people have taken of them, and my own redrawings.
Third party stuff is believed to be in public domain. Copyright applies to own work.
Third party stuff is believed to be in public domain. Copyright applies to own work.
Lovely video by Rebecca.
Scooped again by Linda in reposting it.
Scooped again by Linda in reposting it.
December 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Lovely video by Rebecca.
Scooped again by Linda in reposting it.
Scooped again by Linda in reposting it.
Setting aside the name, slightly reminds me of the design of the ark of the covenant...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark_of_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark_of_...
Ark of the Covenant - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Setting aside the name, slightly reminds me of the design of the ark of the covenant...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark_of_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark_of_...
We aren't short of raindrops in the UK.
We may need bigger reservoirs to capture them.
We may need bigger reservoirs to capture them.
November 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
We aren't short of raindrops in the UK.
We may need bigger reservoirs to capture them.
We may need bigger reservoirs to capture them.
Not sure what I am seeing here.
Man cuts off the giant tongue of a tiptoeing hare?
Man cuts off the giant tongue of a tiptoeing hare?
November 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Not sure what I am seeing here.
Man cuts off the giant tongue of a tiptoeing hare?
Man cuts off the giant tongue of a tiptoeing hare?
At any rate, a leech has another path to happiness in a fen.
November 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
At any rate, a leech has another path to happiness in a fen.
I was thinking it might be Fen-litch rhyming with ditch rather than leech rhyming with teach? Or am I horrible wrong?
Plashy? (Evelyn Waugh, Scoop)
Plashy? (Evelyn Waugh, Scoop)
November 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I was thinking it might be Fen-litch rhyming with ditch rather than leech rhyming with teach? Or am I horrible wrong?
Plashy? (Evelyn Waugh, Scoop)
Plashy? (Evelyn Waugh, Scoop)