#ancient maps

[the-lady-and-the-unicorn]

Ancient maps

[thepastisalreadywritten]

A Map of Ancient Egypt with its main Temples and Pyramids.

📷: King of Maps

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Ancient maps, lost civilizations, and a mystery that defies history! The Piri Reis Map, created in 1513, shows incredible geographical accuracy—including the coast of Antarctica, which wasn’t officially discovered until 1820.

Where did this knowledge come from? Did ancient cartographers have access to forgotten history, or does this point to an even greater mystery?

💬 What’s your take? Could this change everything we know about the past? Comment below!

[flebur]

HOW DID THE CHINESE

K N O W A B O U T

THE A M E R I C A S

IN 1418?

Via Dr.Kek

- Spy balloons?

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[loynosca]

Ancient Maps From Mitchell's ancient atlas, classical and sacred, 1858

"Containing maps illustrating the ancient world ... the political divisions, cities, towns, places distinguished by remarkable events ... the lengths of seas, lakes, and rivers, and the heights of mountains ... a table of the corresponding ancient and modern names of the places engraved in the maps, the whole accompanied by a descriptive geography ..."

Creator: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868.

Publisher: Philadelphia: Published by E.H. Butler & Co.; New York: Sheldon, Blakeman & Co.

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[beauty-is-truth-is-beauty]

A5 note page on Fragment A of the Turin Papyrus Map, in preparation for a group presentation about historical maps and the landscape.