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Why Did Medieval Maps Say “Here Be Dragons”?

Going to sea as a medieval sailor must have been a terrifying prospect. If, by some miracle, you weren’t shipwrecked by a freak storm or killed by scurvy or some other nasty disease, you risked sailing off the edge of the world into the abyss, or straying into regions unknown filled with horrifying monsters, helpfully marked on your map with the ominous warning HERE BE DRAGONS. …or did you? While we like to think of the so-called “Dark Ages” as a time of profound ignorance and superstition, in reality, medieval people knew far more about the world than we typically give them credit for. But what about the whole “Here be Dragons” thing on maps? Well, let’s find out all about it as we delve into the weird and wonderful world of medieval cartography. This is an abridged version of a video on our channel TodayIFoundOut which you can check out and subscribe to here:    / @todayifoundout