The oldest surviving map that unambiguously shows locations in the New World is a chart drawn by Juan de la Cosa (Spain) in 1500. Juan de la Cosa was a veteran navigator and the captain/owner of the ...
The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago in 1525. The map was initially printed the wrong way round – showing the Mediterranean to the East – but its inclusion set ...
The earliest known world map was etched sometime around the 6th century BCE onto a small clay tablet measuring just 4.8 by 3.2 inches. It depicts the world from the Babylonians’ point of view and is ...