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Maps have been known to have existed for more than 8000 years from cave paintings in Babylon, Greece and Asia. The earliest maps are of the heavens not of the Earth. Babylonian maps were drawn on clay tablets and is one of the earliest representations, symbolic not literal. The depiction of the earth by Homer was a flat circular disk and in a way was limited to what could be seen from a mountain top. Pythagoras (560 - 480 BC) speculated on a spherical notion of the earth. Heroditus produced a more realistic map (440BC) of the Mediterranean and the surrounding lands, but knowledge was limited. The rise of the Roman Empire advanced map making techniques. In the mean time China had produced maps in the 4th Century BC. Arab maps were important in the 10th Century. Further exploration of the world added more details.
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Was the first map made on parchment or animal skin?
animal skin
Do you have a map of the route taken by the First Fleet?
For a map of the route of the First Fleet, see the related link.
Who made the maps the coastline used by the Mayflower?
If there was one it probably came from Prince Henry's map school and he had aPortuguese pilot who sort of had a map, but they had an incomplete map, didn't they? I don't remember reading that he had a map because he had to keep taking readings and his journals don't tell of a map.
What sort of map is the London Underground?
It is a diagram style map - made to be easy to read and not for geographical accuracy.
What did Anaximander invent?
The first map of the world
When was the first world map made?
I do not know when the first map was made, but the first globe was made by one of Marco Polos freinds
Why was the first map made?
it was made to help people
Who made the first map?
the Chinese
Who made the first catalog of the stars and made the first map of the skies?
Hipparchus was an ancient Greek astronomer who compiled first-known catalog of stars and first map of the skies.
Who made a flat map?
Gerardus Mercator creates the first flat map
First person who made the map?
Ptolemy
What country was a map first made in?
china
What was the Pineda Expedition?
He made the first map
What was the date of the first map made?
yes it was your butt
Where did a map originate from?
Anixmander from Greece is credited with making the first world map in 6th century B.C. he based it off of a cylindrical shape. But the first map ever made (non-world map) was in 4,000 B.C. which was made in Egypt out of clay and baked.
Who made the first catalouge of star and the first map of the skies?
Charles messrer
Who made the first catalog of stars and the first map of the skies?
Charles messrer
