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Early world maps cover depictions of the world from the Iron Age to the Age of Discovery and the emergence of modern geography during the early modern period.Old maps provide information about places that were known in past times, as well as the philosophical and cultural basis of the map, which were often much different from modern cartography.
These maps cover the world, but may have close up details in many areas. Apple. Apple Maps; Esri; Fosm.org; Alphabet. Google Maps; Google Earth; Waze; Here. Here WeGo
The rhumb-line construction scheme and geographic lines in the Cantino planisphere. Adapted from Gaspar (2012), Plate 3. The Cantino planisphere is the earliest extant example of the so-called latitude chart, which was developed following the introduction of astronomical navigation, during the second half of the fifteenth century.
The Fra Mauro Map of the world. The map depicts Asia, Africa and Europe, with South at the top.. The Fra Mauro map is a map of the world made around 1450 by the Italian cartographer Fra Mauro, which is “considered the greatest memorial of medieval cartography."
De Natura Rerum, Chapter XLVIII, 2 (translation): . So the earth may be divided into three sides (trifarie), of which one part is Europe, another Asia, and the third is called Africa.
Mapa en Relieve de Guatemala The Relief map of Guatemala was made by Francisco Vela in 1905 and still exists. This map (horizontal scale 1:10,000; vertical scale 1:2,000) measures 1,800 m 2 , and was created to educate children in the scape of their country.
'A Map of the Myriad Countries of the World'; Italian: Carta Geografica Completa di tutti i Regni del Mondo, "Complete Geographical Map of all the Kingdoms of the World"), printed by Italian Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci at the request by Wanli Emperor in 1602, is the first known European-styled Chinese world map (and the first Chinese map to ...
The Hereford Mappa Mundi, about 1300, Hereford Cathedral, England. A mappa mundi (Latin [ˈmappa ˈmʊndiː]; plural = mappae mundi; French: mappemonde; Middle English: mappemond) is any medieval European map of the world.