During the medieval time period in Europe, mapmakers often included an image of paradise in the far east of their world maps or mappaemundi. Mapmakers had to create ways to depict this location as being connected yet separated from the earth.
When comparing three maps ranging from 975 to 1442, there is clear continuity, as paradise is labeled on all three maps. However, the three mapmakers developed very different ways of showing what they thought Paradise should look like on a map.