Forma Urbis Romae (203-211) - a invention of a Pompeii amphitheater
In Instead of Writing a Thousand Words Lapham's Quarterly takes a detailed await at the history if maps around the world. Using the Esri Story Map format Lapham's Quarterly explores how geographical infinite has been visualized throughout history, from the earliest known maps painted on the walls of caves correct upwardly to maps created inwards the modern digital age.
The Story Map starts amongst the Çatalhöyük Wall Painting from 6200 BC. Many people believe that this wall prototype inwards Turkey shows a bird's heart persuasion of a metropolis too is thus the world's oldest known map. Lapham's Quarterly too so takes us on a guided tour through the history of cartography. It reports on the Babylonian Imago Mundi from 700-500 BC which is "considered the oldest known basis map". Carrying on through history this Story Map explores maps from ancient Rome, China, Nihon too the Arab & Islamic world.
Instead of Writing a Thousand Words features information well-nigh some of the world's most famous historic vintage maps, including the Hereford Mappa Mundi too Isidore of Seville’s T & O map. It fifty-fifty takes a await at astrological maps, carry maps too discusses the merits of dissimilar map projections.
If y'all are interested inwards the history of World Maps too so y'all mightiness similar my own Mappae Mundi collection of historical basis maps. My map allows y'all to induce got a closer await at maps of the basis from ancient Hellenic Republic upwardly to 2015. My map doesn't include much information well-nigh the private maps shown merely it does permit y'all to zoom inwards too pan around each of the featured maps of the world.
