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1. www.openhistoricalmap.orgOpenHistoricalMap

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   OpenHistoricalMap is an interactive map of the world throughout history, created by people like you and dedicated to the public domain. OpenHistoricalMap collaboratively stores and displays map data throughout the history of the world.

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3. www.maphistory.info › imageworldImages of early maps on the web: 4. World - Map History

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   These include diagrams of star-groups and comets; two world maps, one with a graphic scale (the earliest surviving example); individual maps of islands and ports in the eastern Mediterranean; the Indian Ocean, and Caspian Sea, etc., with fully searchable Arabic text and English translation - online publication by The Bodleian Library (which ...

4. vividmaps.com › ancient-maps-and-atlasesHow the World was Imagined: First Maps and Atlases

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   Jul 13, 2020 · The atlas of the ancient maps below contains depictions of our planet from Prehistory to the Age of Discovery and the appearance of modern geography during the early contemporary period. Table of Contents [show] 3000 BCE: The Oldest 3D Map in Europe.

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5. longnow.org › ideas › largest-early-world-map-set-toThe Largest Early World Map is Unveiled For the First Time

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   Jan 24, 2018 · Now, thanks to advances in technology, and 430 years after it was first envisioned, viewers can finally see the world as Urbano Monte intended. The map is viewable online and to visitors to the Rumsey Map Center.

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6. www.openculture.com › 2022 › 05How Did Cartographers Create World Maps before ... - Open Culture

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   A very quick sur­vey of world map his­to­ry, for one thing, with stops at many of the major his­tor­i­cal inter­sec­tions from Greek antiq­ui­ty to the cre­ation of the Cata­lan Atlas, an aston­ish­ing map­mak­ing achieve­ment from 1375.

7. hyperallergic.com › 420690 › urbano-monte-world-map-1544Explore the Largest Known Early Map of the World, Assembled ...

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   Jun 21, 2022 · Explore the Largest Known Early Map of the World, Assembled for the First Time. A 60 sheet manuscript world map made in 1587 by Urbano Monte has been acquired by the David Rumsey Map...

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   What is OpenHistoricalMap?

   • Welcome to OpenHistoricalMap! OpenHistoricalMap is an interactive map of the world throughout history, created by people like you and dedicated to the public domain. OpenHistoricalMap collaboratively stores and displays map data throughout the history of the world.

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   Do you know a thing about maps?

   • Regular readers of Open Culture know a thing or two about maps if they’ve paid attention to our posts on the history of cartography, the evolution of world maps (and why they are all wrong), and the many digital collections of historical maps from all over the world.

   How Did Cartographers Create World Maps before Airplanes and Satelli…

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   Who made the map?

   • The map was most likely made by Abraham Cresques and his son Jahuda, members of the highly respected Majorcan Cartographic School, who worked under the patronage of the Portuguese.

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   What are the ancient maps?

   • The atlas of the ancient maps below contains depictions of our planet from Prehistory to the Age of Discovery and the appearance of modern geography during the early contemporary period. The Saint-Bélec Slab was created about 4 thousand years ago and is considered the oldest known three-dimensional map in Europe.

   How the World was Imagined: First Maps and Atlases

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   What is the oldest surviving world map?

   • The only surviving original world map was rediscovered in the 1960s and granted to Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. The Erdapfel is the oldest preserving physical globe created by Martin Behaim. It is created of a layered linen ball in two halves, strengthened with timber and covered with a map painted by Georg Glockendon.

   How the World was Imagined: First Maps and Atlases

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   What are some key moments in mapping history?

   • Some key moments in mapping history involve the 2nd century AD geographer and mathematician Marines of Tyre, who pioneered “equirectangular projection and invented latitude and longitude lines and mathematical geography.”

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9. www.maphistory.info › webimagesImages of early maps on the web - Map History

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   a comprehensive list (the only one of its kind) describing sites that have free images of early maps, arranged by theme and place, with a note on their resolution quality.