CARTOGRAPHY IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR HISTORY SINCE MORE THAN 8000 YEARS. 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 COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE WORLD MAPS DESCRIBING THE KNOWN WORLD IN THEIR TIME AND AT THEIR STATE OF KNOWLEDGE.
Friday, February 17, 2012
World Map 15th Century
Description: T-O world map based on the medieval world view of the Spanish Archbishop Isidore of Seville (c. 560-636), published between 1459-1463 in La Fleur des Histoires by Jean Mansel.
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