Ancient World Maps

Cartography is an integral part of human 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. This is a collection of historical world maps describing the known world in their time and at their state of knowledge.

Saturday, January 25, 2014

World Map 16th Century

Description: Gores for constructing a globe published after 1507 by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller. His world maps and globes are known as the first maps using the name "America".

(Highest res.: jpg, 4654 x 3364 pixel, 300 dpi, file size: 2,39 MB)

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