ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Catalan Atlas

Okay, little one. Do you know what a map is? It's like a big drawing that shows you where things are in the world. The Catalan Atlas is a very old map that was made a long time ago by some people who lived in a place called Catalonia, which is in Europe. It's special because it was made a really long time ago, back in the 1300s, which is even before when your great-grandma and great-grandpa were born!

The map is made of big pieces of paper that were glued together, and it shows lots of different places in the world. There are pictures of people and animals on the map, and some of the pictures are even made of gold and silver! The people who made the map wanted to show off how important their country was, so they put pictures of their king and queen on it too.

The Catalan Atlas is very special because it tells us things about the world that we didn't know before. We can learn about places that were explored by brave people a long time ago, and we can see how the map has changed over time. Even though we have better maps now with technology, the Catalan Atlas is still very important because it helped people learn more about the world back then.