The Piri Reis map is a famous world map created by 16th-century Ottoman Turkish admiral and cartographer Piri Reis. 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.

2021年1月7日 · Maps made in the 16th century; Old maps of the world; Maps of the world by century

2020年11月14日 · See also category: Maps made in the 16th century. This category has the following 22 subcategories, out of 22 total. The following 132 files are in this category, out of 132 total. 551 of ' (F. C. Schlosser's Weltgeschichte für das deutsche Volk. Unter Mitwirkung des Verfassers bearbeitet von ... G. L. Kriegk.

Shop some of the earliest printed maps from the 16th century at New World Cartographic. Find maps depicting the new world, India, Brasil, Europe & much more.

2017年12月7日 · Urbano Monte’s enormous 1587 map is a unique vision of the world as he knew it. The largest known world map of its time—made of 60 individual sheets—can finally be seen as the mapmaker...

16th Century historical map archive sorted chronologically. History maps from the year 1501-1600, the sixteenth century. WORLD HISTORY FOR THE RELAXED HISTORIAN

This portolan world map, drawn by Nicolas Desliens in 1566, synthesizes Norman hydrographic knowledge in the mid-16th century. It is one of two world maps by Desliens known to exist; the other dates from 1541. The map is oriented with south at the top and north at the bottom, giving it an upside-down look to the modern viewer.

2024年7月12日 · Historically, maps have been used to promote political ideologies. The Dutch mastered the technique during the 16th and 17th centuries, making the Low Countries (present-day Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg or Benelux Countries and Northern France) appear in the form of a lion, called Leo Belgicus.

Maps included date from the sixteenth to early twentieth centuries with coverage spanning: the world, Western and Eastern Hemispheres, continents, countries and cities. This collection emphasizes North America, the Pacific Northwest, and exploration in this region from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

2008年7月2日 · Cartography is an integral part of human history since more than 8000 years. From cave paintings to ancient maps of the Old World, through the Age of Exploration, and on into the 21st century, people have made and used maps. This is a collection of historical world maps describing the known world in their time and at their state of knowledge.