Map

A medieval depiction of the Ecumene (1482, Johannes Schnitzer, engraver), constructed after the coordinates in Ptolemy's Geography and using his second map projection

A map is a symbolic depiction highlighting relationships between elements of some space, such as objects, regions, and themes.

History mapEdit

Main gallery: Old maps.

Early civilisationEdit

Çatalhöyük Map, c. 6000 BC
Clay tablet plan of Nippur, c. 1400 BC
Turine Papyrus, ca. 1320 v.C.
Babylonian Map of the World
(6. century BCE)
Eratosthenes' map of the world (reconstruction), c. 194 BC
Chinese topographic map, 183–168 BC
Pomponius Mela, 43 AD
Ptolemy's world map
(150)
Cadastre d'Arausio, 2nd c.
Fragment of the Severan Map of Rome, showing the Theatre of Pompey, 203- 211 .
Peutinger Map, 4th or 5th century

Middle AgesEdit

World Map by Cosmas Indicopleustes, 6th c.
Jerusalem on the Madaba Map, 6th century
Map by Estakhri, 9th c.
Astronomical chart, c. 1000
World map of Beatus of Liébana, 1050 AD
Star chart by Su Song's (1020–1101)
T and O map, 1055-1074
World map 12th century
T and O style mappa mundi by Isidore of Seville, 12th c.
T&O map of Liber Floridus, 1120
Tabula Rogeriana, 1154
Ebstorf Map, 13th c.
St Omar map, 13th c.
Mappe monde, Liber floridus, 1260
Carta Pisana, 1275-1300
World Map by Opicinus de Canistris, 1296-1300.
World Map by Opicinus de Canistris, 1296-1300.
Hereford Mappa Mundi, c. 1300
Map of Maximus Planudes, early-14th c.
Portolan chart, 14th c.
Corbitis Atlas, late 14th c.
Catalan Atlas, 1375
Da Ming Hun Yi Tu. 1389

RenaissanceEdit

De Virga world map, 1411-1415
Constantinople mediaeval map.jpg
Pizzigano map, 1424
Bianco world map, 1437
Genoese map, 1452
Fra Mauro map, 1460
Ptolemy World Map, 1467
Nuremberg Chronicle in Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493
Map of Juan de la Cosa (1500)
Cantino planisphere, 1502
Caverio map, 1505
Piri Reis map, 1513
Carta marina, c. 1530
Bünting Clover Leaf Map, 1581
Cheonhado,Korean circular world map, 17th c.

Late modern periodEdit

16th century

Americae Sive Quartae Orbis Partis Nova Et Exactissima Descriptio, 1562
Mercator 1569 world map, 1569
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Ortelius, 1570
Antwerp in Civitates Orbis Terrarum, 1572
Map of Antarctica by Jacques de Vaux, 1583

17th century

Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, 1602-04
Celestial map from the 17th century
Road From London to the lands end, 1675

18th century

First known isochrone map, 1881

Type of mapEdit

Main category: Maps by type

GeographyEdit

Main categories: Maps of the world, Maps by region, Maps by continent, Maps by country, Maps of cities, and Maps by ocean

Thematic mapEdit

Main categories: Cartograms, Choropleth maps, Dot maps, and Flow maps

Pictorial mapEdit

Main category: Pictorial maps

Star chartEdit

Main category: Astronomical maps

Maps by themeEdit

Main category: Maps by theme

Maps by theme, the more general typesEdit

Maps by theme, more specific typesEdit

Map principlesEdit

Map usageEdit

Boris Godunov overseeing the studies of his son", 19th c.
19th c.
20th c.
20th c.
Plane table 1919
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1940s/2005
1940s/2005
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1944
School Cadets Map Reading, 1939-1945
Robert McNamara pointing to map of Vietnam, 1965
Map Library, 1970s
1990s

21st century

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Flood map meeting, 2008
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Hurricane Gustav tracking map on a computer in Louisiana, 2008
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Pre-flight Map check, 2010
2010
Q&A Google Earth map, 2010
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