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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 ...
Earth.com

One of the greatest 'publishing failures' in history is still confusing human minds

A Bible from 1525 with an incorrect map changed the way Europe imagined borders and territories for centuries.
Popular Mechanics

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

Lucas Cranach the Elder’s 1525 map is the first ever printed in a bible, but there’s just one problem: it was printed backwards. The document nonetheless stands as a transition point between the ...
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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 ...
The Conversation

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

Nathan MacDonald does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
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 ...