I have always been fascinated by cartography and old maps in general.
Cartography is an integral part of our history and has been for thousand years, so I can understand why.
Do you know when the first maps were created?
History of cartography
The history of cartography traces the development of cartography, or mapmaking technology, in human history. Maps have been one of the most important human inventions for millennia. People have created and used maps to help them define, explain, and navigate their way through the world. Earliest archaeological maps include cave paintings to ancient maps of Babylon, Greece, China, and India. They began as two-dimensional drawings, and for some time at least in Europe, the Earth was thought to be flat.
years, he was producing most of the maps for TSR product lines.
Scott Taylor, art director of "Gygax Magazine", emphasized of the importance of creative cartography during this period: "During my time in the industry I’ve heard various stories concerning maps and their creation, most being that artists hated doing them or having them assigned to them when there was ‘real’ art to be done. I’m not sure this was always the case, but I can say that for particularly ‘old school’