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HISTORY MAP ARCHIVE
Browse the Map Archive
The art and history of cartography, aka mapmaking,
goes back to ancient times.
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The oldest maps found so far date from
about 2300 BC and were created by the Babylonians, who drew their
maps on clay tablets.
The Egyptians, too, were
busy mapmakers.
All these maps were focused on
specific areas of the world.
It took the philosophizing
Greeks to get us maps of the entire world, maps of the earth and the
globe.
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Or at least what they thought it could look like.
The Etymology Dictionary informs us
that our English word map derives from the Latin word
mappa, meaning napkin or cloth on which maps were
drawn.
The Map Archive
This map collection is
indexed chronologically and by continent.
Some Map History and
Trivia
Here is
Herodotus'
Map of the World.
MAP OF THE WORLD -
HERODOTUS
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
And this little gem is a World Map
compiled around 700 to 500 BC
by the ancient Babylonians:
Babylonian World Map
British Museum London
See
more details about this ancient map provided
by the British Museum.
By the way, is Russia in Europe or in
Asia? Here is your answer.
MAP OF EUROPEAN RUSSIA
Source Unknown
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