Ancient Maps

Here are a couple good map sites from Pinterest:

How the World was Imagined: Early Maps and Atlases

Magnificent Maps: Cartography as Power, Propaganda, and Art

And some more interesting maps:

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14th Century map of the Persian Gulf: ancient trading routes

 

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Map of Ancient Tenochtitlan c. 1524

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Map of Istanbul

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This double-sided Japanese woodcut displays a world map on the front and illustrated examples of the peoples of the world on the verso. It exemplifies the Bankoku-sozu (“complete maps of the peoples of the world”) style of cartography influenced by European techniques and geographic knowledge in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Lis Duarte saved to maps Ancient Map This ancient tablet from the 7th Century BC depicts the world at the time of Sargon (2300 BC) as a circle surrounded by water, with Babylon at its center. (British Museum)

Image source http://www.peopleofar.com/2013/12/05/armenia-is-the-center-of-the-world-according-to-ancient-greeks/ Armenia was the centre of the World according to ancient Greeks
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Image source history-maps-visit.  13th century St. Omar map of crusader Jerusalem

Image source history-maps-visit. 13th century St. Omar map of crusader Jerusalem

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Gough Map is the first known full map of Britain 1350 AD.

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Map of western Europe and North Africa