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Abraham Bradley's U.S. postal route map of 1804 Moule's map of the hundreds of Monmouthshire, c. 1831 A 1912 map of the Russian Empire by Yuly Shokalsky. Robert Aitken of Beith. born c. 1786; Carlo de Candia (1803–1862), Italian cartographer, created the large maritime map of Sardinia in 1: 250,000 scale, travel version.
The history of cartography refers to the development and consequences of cartography, or mapmaking technology, throughout human history.Maps have been one of the most important human inventions for millennia, allowing humans to explain and navigate their way through the world.
For example, a famous map of North America known as the "Beaver Map" was published in 1715 by Herman Moll. This map is a close reproduction of a 1698 work by Nicolas de Fer . De Fer, in turn, had copied images that were first printed in books by Louis Hennepin , published in 1697, and François Du Creux, in 1664.
Pictorial maps (also known as illustrated maps, panoramic maps, perspective maps, bird's-eye view maps, and geopictorial maps) depict a given territory with a more artistic rather than technical style. [1] It is a type of map in contrast to road map, atlas, or topographic map.
The Babylonian Map of the World (also Imago Mundi or Mappa mundi) is a Babylonian clay tablet with a schematic world map and two inscriptions written in the Akkadian language. Dated to no earlier than the 9th century BC (with a late 8th or 7th century BC date being more likely), it includes a brief and partially lost textual description.
The earliest surviving photograph depicting people: a person working as a shoeshiner and an individual having his shoes shined. [5] [s 1] [s 3] SelfâPortrait as a Drowned Man [b] 18 October 1840 Hippolyte Bayard: Paris, France [6] Direct Possitive
The name is not related to the modern meaning of Erdapfel in southern Germany and Austria, which is "potato"—potatoes had not yet been brought from America to Europe. From its creation until early in the 16th century, it stood in a reception room in the Nuremberg town hall. After that time, it was held by the Behaim family.
Cartography or map-making is the study and practice of crafting representations of the Earth upon a flat surface [2] (see History of cartography), and one who makes maps is called a cartographer. Road maps are perhaps the most widely used maps today.