Description

Decorative box – Book map with globe. The word “map” in ancient Greek meant a sheet of papyrus properly processed for writing. The ancient Greeks, to express what we now call “map”, used the word “pinax” or “period”, the Latins the word “charta”. And even today in Italian the map is called “carta”, in French “carte”, in Russian “karta”. In English, Polish and Spanish the corresponding term comes from the Latin word “mappa”, which means “fabric”.

Dimensions: 26 x 17 x 5cm