16th Century World Map

It forms part of a portolan atlas a collection of 16th century map of the world.

16th century world map. Hecataeus of miletus greek anatolia 550 bc 476 bc geographer cartographer and early ethnographer. Modern rendering of anaximander s 6th century bc world map. Various atlantic islands including the azores and canary islands are depicted as is the mythical island of antillia. The surviving third of the map shows part of the western coasts of europe and north africa with reasonable accuracy and the coast of brazil is also easily recognizable.

The piri reis map is a famous world map created by 16th century ottoman turkish admiral and cartographer piri reis. Anaximander greek anatolia 610 bc 546 bc first to attempt making a map of the known world. Maps have been around for centuries but the 20th century was a golden age of map making. 16th century spanish expansion in the caribbean png 1 030 552.

The map is packed with fantastical creatures from unicorns in siberia to mermen. The gregorian calendar introduced a lapse of 10 days in october 1582. Ptolemy s 150 ce world map as redrawn in the 15th century. Two hundred years later the english spanish and russians were still occupied with trying to find this route.

350 bc 285 bc philosopher cartographer geographer mathematician author. It was the first. The map is noteworthy for its apparent south eastward extension of the american continent to. Coronado expedition jpg 1 230 532.

Bizarre enormous 16th century map assembled for first time by greg miller and what a world it was. Map of 16th century england ancient world maps world map 16th century bailey valley england is a country that is allocation of the associated kingdom. 16th century portuguese spanish trade routes png 2 835 1 188. During the 16th century spain and portugal explored the indian ocean and opened worldwide oceanic trade routes and vasco da gama.

As early as the sixteenth century abraham ortelius s world map theatrum orbis terrarum depicted a northwest passage via the strait of anian. The 16th century begins with the julian year 1501 and ends with either the julian or the gregorian year 1600 depending on the reckoning used. 1844 spruneri map of asia in the 15th and 16th centuries ming china geographicus asiaxvxvi. That s why crouch who has also placed the map in an aluminum frame believes it to be practically indestructible.

It shares estate borders bearing in mind wales to the west and scotland to the north. The 16th century is regarded by historians as the century in which the rise of western civilization and the age of the islamic gunpowders occurred. Published around 1590 this map shows the known world including the new lands being discovered by europeans exploring across the atlantic and far to the east around africa. Media in category maps showing 16th century history the following 127 files are in this category out of 127 total.

Mesoamérica y centroamerica prehispanica siglo xvi svg 589 568 399 068. 1000 ad illustrator cartographer nun. 16th century world map is the first map ever to depict new york.