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What year was Maps invented and how?
What year was Maps invented and how?
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The oldest known globe maps come from ancient antiquity, with the earliest versions dating from the 6th to 5th
centuries BCE still using the flat Earth model. The first world maps are based on a spherical Earth date from the
Hellenistic period. The innovations in Greek geography during this time, particularly those of
Eratosthenes and Posidonius, culminated in the Roman era, with
Ptolemy's world map (2nd century CE), which would remain authoritative throughout the
Middle Ages.
Since Ptolemy, cartographers have been able to evaluate the amount of their
geographical knowledge by indicating portions of the world that are known to exist but have yet to be surveyed as terra incognita. World maps improved inaccuracy during the
Age of Discovery, from the 15th to the 18th centuries; exploration of
Antarctica,
Australia, and the interior of
Africa
by western mapmakers was left to the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Anaximander (about 546 BCE) is credited with creating one of the first global maps, which was circular in shape and depicted all of the known globe's territories gathered around the
Aegean Sea in the middle. Everything was encircled by the sea.
Eratosthenes (276–194 BCE) enhanced the globe map by adding knowledge from
Alexander the Great's and his successors' campaigns. Asia
grew in size, reflecting a better understanding of the continent's true size. Eratosthenes was also the first geographer to use parallels and meridians in his cartographic representations, demonstrating his awareness of the Earth's spherical shape.
