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Ancient World Maps

From cave paintings to ancient maps of the Old World, through the Age of Exploration, and on into the 21st century, people have made and used maps. Here you can see a nice collection of such old maps describing the known world at their time and state of knowledge.
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World Map 15th Century

Nov 1, 2009
Description: World map of the German cartographer Andreas Walsperger made in 1448.

World Map 14th Century

Oct 25, 2009
Description: The Catalan Atlas produced in 1375 by the Majorcan cartographers Abraham and Jehuda Cresques is the most important Catalan world map of the Middle Ages. The world map originally consisted of various leaves. Europe Middle East East Asia

World Map 18th Century

Sep 20, 2009
Description: The so-called "Zheng He map" is a Chinese world map, probably produced in 1763 at the base of Zheng He's voyages.

World Map 18th Century

Sep 16, 2009
Description: Engraved world map by the German cartographer Leonhard Euler first published 1753 in his school atlas "Geographischer Atlas".

World Map 15th Century

Sep 1, 2009
Description: The "Genoese map" is a world map from an unkown Italian cartographer made in 1457.


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