Ancient Origins16h ago
Ancient maps are being used in the South China Sea dispute, as the Philippines argues historical records show China’s southern border ended far north of the contested islands.
#History #Geopolitics #Mystery #AncientMaps #DidYouKnow
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-general/ancient-maps-spark-debate-between-china-and-philippines-020179
Ancient OriginsApr 6
The 1513 Piri Reis map was copied from older sources, possibly showing Antarctica before ice. If true, it challenges history—who created the original map?
#PiriReis #AncientMaps #AntarcticaMystery #AncientEgypt #LostCivilization
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/mysterious-map-emerges-dawn-egyptian-civilization-and-depicts-antarctica-021520
Ancient OriginsJan 13
A 4,000‑year‑old stone slab from France is Europe’s oldest map, accurately depicting rivers and territory—now guiding archaeologists to lost Bronze Age sites hidden for millennia.
#AncientMaps #LostHistory #Archaeology #BronzeAge #Storytelling #DidYouKnow #HistoryFacts #DocumentaryShort #WeirdHistory
Read more: https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/saint-belec-slab-0015166
Ancient OriginsDec 2
500 years ago, a Bible map🗺️ rewrote the world.But it wasn’t the truth — it was a vision of power.
#BibleHistory📖 #AncientMaps #CartographySecrets #HolyLand✝️ #HistoricalMyths #RenaissanceMaps #NationStateOrigins #Storytelling #DidYouKnow #HistoryFacts #DocumentaryShort #WeirdHistory
Read more: https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/first-map-bible-00102344
Little Design HutFeb 12, 2025
Could ancient mapmakers have altered our past and future? Explore how their forgotten knowledge might have reshaped the Age of Exploration and beyond. What secrets are hidden in untold histories? Link: YouTube #AncientMaps #LostKnowledge #AgeOfExploration #MysteriousHistory
What If an Ancient Society Mapped All the Worlds Continents

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💧🌏 Greg CocksApr 8, 2024
Mappa Mundi - The Greatest Map Of The Medieval World [video]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB5B6wY8k5s <-- shared media video (BBC)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mappa_mundi <-- Wikipedia page
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“On the second floor of the Library of Saint Marks in Venice, Italy, a map of the world occupies an entire room.
The Mappa Mundi, completed by Italian monk and cartographer Fra Mauro in 1459 AD, is the compendium of all the geographical knowledge of the time and is arguably the greatest medieval map of the world…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #cartography #history #medieval #MedievalMonday #maps #cartography #Venice #Venezia #Italia #Italy #mappamundi #ancientmaps #historicmaps #gischat #global #worldmap
Mappa Mundi: The greatest map of the medieval world | BBC Global

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💧🌏 Greg CocksJan 26, 2024
Topography Of Ancient Rome
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topography_of_ancient_Rome <-- shared Wikipedia page
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #cartography #mapmaking #ancientmaps #historicmaps #Rome #ancientrome #urban #topography #study #scholarly #archaeology #epigraphy #philology #localhistory #city #planning #urbandesign #antiquity #monuments #buildings #architecture
Topography of ancient Rome - Wikipedia

The Future FireJan 2, 2024

Worlds; and writing; and worlds without writing. Guest post by @juliet

http://press.futurefire.net/2024/01/worlds-and-writing-and-worlds-without.html

#guestpost #writing #writingaboutwriting #literacy #ancientmaps #worldbuilding

Worlds; and writing; and worlds without writing

Guest post by Juliet Kemp For me, at least in English, ‘language’ and ‘written language’ are very nearly the same thing—when I think of wor...

💧🌏 Greg CocksDec 22, 2023
The History Of Cartography, The “Most Ambitious Overview Of Map Making Ever,” Is Free Online
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https://www.openculture.com/2023/12/the-history-of-cartography-the-most-ambitious-overview-of-map-making-ever-is-free-online.html <-- shared media article
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https://press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/index.html <-- link to digital free versions, University of Chicago Press
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https://www.facebook.com/HistoryofCartographyProject/ <-- Facebook page
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #cartography #cartographer #maps #PDF #free #online #openaccess #history #geography #commerce #trade #legal #planning #urban #culture #ancienthistory #gischat #physicalworld #representation #ancientmaps #historyofmaps #navigation #mapmaking #mapmaker #appliedscience #book #books
University of Chicago Press
The History of Cartography, the “Most Ambitious Overview of Map Making Ever,” Is Free Online

FYI: The University of Chicago Press has made available online -- at no cost --five volumes of The History of Cartography. Or what Edward Rothstein, of The New York Times, called 'the most ambitious overview of map making ever undertaken.' He continues:

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💧🌏 Greg CocksDec 18, 2023
The World Map That Introduced Scientific Mapmaking To The Medieval Islamic World (1154 AD)
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https://www.openculture.com/2023/12/the-world-map-that-introduced-scientific-mapmaking-to-the-medieval-islamic-world-1154-ad.html <-- shared technical article
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/strange-maps-bad-medieval-world-map
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #ancientmaps #ancienthistory #alidrisi #atlas #reconstruction #TabulaRogeriana #medieval #islamic #world #global #ceuta #sicily #geography #geographer #cartographer #cartography #granddisk
The World Map That Introduced Scientific Mapmaking to the Medieval Islamic World (1154 AD)

Cast your mind, if you will, to the city of Ceuta. If you've never heard of it, or can't quite recall its location, you can easily find out by searching for it on your map application of choice.

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