What is Early world maps?
The earliest known world [[maps]] are from the 6th to 5th centuries [[BC]]. They show the world in a different and very simple shape. The developments of Greek [[geography]] during this time, notably by [[Eratosthenes]] and [[Posidonius]] led to [[Ptolemy]]'s world map (2nd century [[AD]]). This was authoritative throughout the [[Middle Ages]]. Since Ptolemy, [[cartographer]]<nowiki/>s got better knowledge of the size of the globe. With the [[Age of Discovery]], the 15th to 18th centuries, world maps became increasingly accurate. Exploration of [[Antarctica]], [[Australia]], and the inside of [[Africa]] by western [[mapmaker]]<nowiki/>s was done in the 19th and early [[20th century]]. == Old maps == *[[Babylonian Map of the World]] (flat-earth diagram on a clay tablet, c. 600 BC) *''[[Tabula Rogeriana]]'' (1154) *[[Psalter world map]] (1260) *''[[Tabula Peutingeriana]]'' (1265, medieval map of the Roman Empire, believed to be based on 4th century source material) *[[Hereford Mappa Mundi]] (c. 1285; the largest medieval map known still to exist) *Map of [[Maximus Planudes]] (c. 1300), earliest extant realization of [[Ptolemy's world map]] (2nd century) *[[Gangnido]] (Korea, 1402) *[[Bianco world map]] (1436) *[[Fra Mauro map]] (c. 1450) *[[Bartolomeo Pareto|Map of Bartolomeo Pareto]] (1455) *[[Genoese map]] (1457) *[[Map of Juan de la Cosa]] (1500) *[[Cantino planisphere]] (1502) *[[Piri Reis map]] (1513) *[[Dieppe maps]] (c. 1540s-1560s) *[[Mercator 1569 world map]] *''[[Theatrum Orbis Terrarum]]'' (Ortelius, Netherlands, 1570–1612) *''[[Kunyu Wanguo Quantu]]'' (1602) == Related pages == * [[List of cartographers]] * [[Cartography]] * [[Maps]] [[Category:Maps]]