{"id":13785,"date":"2016-09-19T03:20:20","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T03:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/?page_id=13785"},"modified":"2016-09-19T03:20:20","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T03:20:20","slug":"ancient-maps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/ancient-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are a couple good map sites from Pinterest:<\/h3>\n

How the World was Imagined: Early Maps and Atlases<\/a><\/h2>\n

Magnificent Maps: Cartography as Power, Propaganda, and Art<\/a><\/h2>\n

And some more interesting maps:<\/p>\n

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14th Century map of the Persian Gulf: ancient trading routes<\/p>\n

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Map of Ancient Tenochtitlan c. 1524<\/p>\n

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Map of Istanbul<\/p>\n

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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 (\u201ccomplete maps of the peoples of the world\u201d) style of cartography influenced by European techniques and geographic knowledge in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.<\/p>\n

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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<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
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Image source history-maps-visit. 13th century St. Omar map of crusader Jerusalem<\/p><\/div>\n

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Image source google-com<\/p><\/div>\n

Gough Map is the\u00a0first known full map of Britain 1350 AD.<\/p>\n

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Map of western Europe and North Africa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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: 14th Century map of the Persian Gulf: ancient trading…<\/p>\n

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