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Antique World Maps and Tapestries
Antique world maps and cartography are some of the world’s most under-appreciated treasures. Antique maps are not only historical gems, but they can also be beautiful pieces of art. Some of the earliest known maps were drawn by the ancient Babylonians, Greeks, Egyptians, and Chinese. The ancient Greek astronomer, Ptolemy, drew one of the earliest world maps. Today’s experts have recreated the Ptolemy map.
During the middle ages in Europe, map-making declined somewhat due to the leading philosopher’s interest in religion. Priests during the European middle ages preferred to concentrate on religion and spirituality rather than geography. While there were some maps drawn, such as Anglo-Saxon maps, Europe still had a lot of catching up to do with Asia where map-making was concerned. During the middle ages, the Chinese were leading with map-making sophistication.
As the middle ages in Europe began dying out, Europeans were able to catch up with the Chinese. The discovery of the Americas played a huge part in increased map interests. During the exploration period, historic maps began to flourish. As the known world grew to explorers, so did the maps. World globes were also being made near the end of the fifteenth century.
Beautiful tapestries of the world were also made during the 16th and 17th centuries. Antique world maps were captured in detail and sewn on wall tapestries. The craftsmanship of world map tap tapestries, globes, and historic maps was very striking and detailed. They were truly works of art, and are still around today. Collectors of history consider antique world maps to be very valuable, and many are still in great condition. Replicas are also being made on parchment paper for a “antique” feel. Some collectors prefer their antique world maps to be in as much mint condition as possible, while others enjoy the old, yellow stains that give historic maps true antique-ness.
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Written by Danuin Mumm. Now you can learn all you wanted to know about Antique World Maps and you will even find articles on Historic Maps
How world maps were drawn exactly in early days when there were no satellite?
The earliest days of cartography (map making) involved people simply walking around, using common points as references to make maps that weren't very accurate, but enough to get around. For instance, you might pick one large mountain and one obvious river, and you could reference other locations, like villages and such. At sea, they stayed within sight of land, and cartographers who were just talented at determining where they were would sketch the coastline, then compare it against what their fellows on land had. These maps were generally confined to Europe and Asia, where the large civilizations were. Yes, there were other civilizations on the planet, but only those of Europe and Asia had a written language and maps (at least, not for hundreds of years).
Later, the compass was developed, which allowed people to sail out of sight of land. They were able to cross larger distances, and though they didn't have anyone on land, they could sail along a foreign shore and map it from the sea (for instance, the northwestern shores of Africa, and discovering the British Isles). Later, the sextant would be developed, which, along with far more technologically advanced ships, allowed cartographers to cross oceans.
However, in the end, no matter what the day, it came down to the individual skill of a cartographer and smaller instruments like a compass (both the magnetic kind and the geometric kind). Some people were absolute geniuses when it came to that kind of thing, making maps that are near perfect images that you could overlay on a map today (there's a very famous one of the South Atlantic that was made in the 1500s).
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