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Mapping Through the Ages: The History of Cartography
Maps usually become famous for being particularly beautiful, revolutionary, or historically significant. Though works like the Ptolemy Map are virtually useless for navigating or locating anything, they provide a valuable look into what cartographers, explorers, and geographers of the time understood about the world around them.
History of cartography - Wikipedia
The history of cartography refers to the development and consequences of cartography, or mapmaking technology, throughout human history. Maps have been one of the most important human inventions for millennia, allowing humans to explain and navigate their way through the world.
Cartography - Wikipedia
Cartography ( / kɑːrˈtɒɡrəfi /; from Ancient Greek: χάρτης chartēs, 'papyrus, sheet of paper, map'; and γράφειν graphein, 'write') is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an imagined reality) can be modeled in ways ...
Cartography | Maps, Mapping Techniques & History | Britannica
cartography, the art and science of graphically representing a geographical area, usually on a flat surface such as a map or chart. It may involve the superimposition of political, cultural, or other nongeographical divisions onto the representation of a geographical area. A brief treatment of cartography follows. For full treatment, see map.
The History of Cartography - WorldAtlas
Anaximander, the creator of one history's first maps. The history of cartography is as old as humanity's first endeavors to understand and represent the world around us. The earliest forms of map-making can be traced back to prehistoric times, with cave paintings that often depicted hunting grounds or water sources.
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