Early world maps
The earliest known world maps date to classical antiquity, the oldest examples of the 6th to 5th centuries BC still based on the flat Earth paradigm.World maps assuming a spherical Earth first appear in the Hellenistic period.The developments of Greek geography during this time, notably by Eratosthenes and Posidonius culminated in the Roman era, with Ptolemy's world map (2nd century AD), which would remain authoritative throughout the Middle Ages.
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Early world maps
The earliest known world maps date to classical antiquity, the oldest examples of the 6th to 5th centuries BC still based on the flat Earth paradigm.World maps assuming a spherical Earth first appear in the Hellenistic period.The developments of Greek geography during this time, notably by Eratosthenes and Posidonius culminated in the Roman era, with Ptolemy's world map (2nd century AD), which would remain authoritative throughout the Middle Ages.
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A História do Mapa-Múndi cobre ...... século VI a.C. ao século XVI.
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Cet article présente les carte ...... divisé en deux hémisphères ».
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Diese Liste historischer Weltk ...... ruch einer Weltkarte besitzen.
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Le prime mappe del mondo rappr ...... rna durante la storia moderna.
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Los mapamundis antiguos abarca ...... iento de la geografía moderna.
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The earliest known world maps ...... e 19th and early 20th century.
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初期の世界地図（しょきのせかいちず）では、人類によって作成された地図の中でも、最初期の物から世界地理の大勢が判明する17世紀頃までの世界地図について解説する。
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早期世界地图介绍从古典时代至地理大发现时期人类地图绘制的发展和现代地理的产生与发展。
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A História do Mapa-Múndi cobre ...... século VI a.C. ao século XVI.
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Cet article présente les carte ...... divisé en deux hémisphères ».
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Diese Liste historischer Weltk ...... ruch einer Weltkarte besitzen.
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Le prime mappe del mondo rappr ...... rna durante la storia moderna.
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Los mapamundis antiguos abarca ...... iento de la geografía moderna.
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The earliest known world maps ...... ve throughout the Middle Ages.
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初期の世界地図（しょきのせかいちず）では、人類によって作成された地図の中でも、最初期の物から世界地理の大勢が判明する17世紀頃までの世界地図について解説する。
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早期世界地图介绍从古典时代至地理大发现时期人类地图绘制的发展和现代地理的产生与发展。
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Early world maps
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História do mapa-múndi
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Liste historischer Weltkarten
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Mapamundis antiguos
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Mappemondes anciennes
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Prime mappe del mondo
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初期の世界地図
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早期世界地图
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