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Anaximander, a Greek philosopher from Miletus who lived during the first half of the 6th century B.C., is credited with making the first map of the known world around 540 B.C. He also invented a type of sun dial. The Chinese were the very first in the world to make a world map. From memory the year was 1421 when many Chinese vessels left China to sail all around the world- even to the Arctic, and Antarctic. All Europeans and other explorers used Chinese maps when available to find their way around the world. Of course there were always unknown or unexplored areas and it was also the world as they knew or believed it to be. Mercator also made a map of the world. Satellites do the job today with almost instant updating and corrections.
The first compiled map of the world is credited to the ancient Greek scholar Claudius Ptolemy, who created his world map in the 2nd century AD. Known as Ptolemy's world map, it was based on his extensive studies of geography and cartography at the time.
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Who made the first catalog of the stars and made the first map of the skies?
Hipparchus was an ancient Greek astronomer who compiled first-known catalog of stars and first map of the skies.
Where did a map originate from?
Anixmander from Greece is credited with making the first world map in 6th century B.C. he based it off of a cylindrical shape. But the first map ever made (non-world map) was in 4,000 B.C. which was made in Egypt out of clay and baked.
Who drew the first world map and in what year?
The oldest known world map is the Babylonian World Map, created around 600 BCE. It was a clay tablet map showing the known world at that time from a Mesopotamian perspective.
What came first Ibn Idrisi's Ptolemy's or Piri Reis's world map?
well the piri reis map was created in 1929 and as for the ptolemy's map i am currently unable to find the creation date for it so the ptolemy's map came first because i am on a quiz and my teacher says it came first.
What year was ptolemys world map made in?
his map was made in 1482. and used by cristpher colombus.
Who made the first catalog of the stars and made the first map of the skies?
Hipparchus was an ancient Greek astronomer who compiled first-known catalog of stars and first map of the skies.
When was the first world map made?
I do not know when the first map was made, but the first globe was made by one of Marco Polos freinds
How and when was the map of the world made and who made it?
In the 6th Century BC, the Map of the World was made by A Greek named Anaximander. He was the first Greek to draw a World Map using the assumption of a spherical earth was Eratosthenes.
What was the name of the first person to make a World map?
Chinese mercator also made a map of the world
What is wrong with the Vegas map in CS 1.6?
Was the map made for 1.6? If so, the map have been compiled incorrectly. It could also have a leak error.
Who exactly made the first map of the world?
James rennel
Where did a map originate from?
Anixmander from Greece is credited with making the first world map in 6th century B.C. he based it off of a cylindrical shape. But the first map ever made (non-world map) was in 4,000 B.C. which was made in Egypt out of clay and baked.
Name the person who made the first word map in the world?
Herodotus.
Who drew the first world map and in what year?
The oldest known world map is the Babylonian World Map, created around 600 BCE. It was a clay tablet map showing the known world at that time from a Mesopotamian perspective.
When was the de Virga world map made?
The Virga world map was made between 1411 and 1415. The map was made by Albertinus de Virga who was a Venetian.
What came first Ibn Idrisi's Ptolemy's or Piri Reis's world map?
well the piri reis map was created in 1929 and as for the ptolemy's map i am currently unable to find the creation date for it so the ptolemy's map came first because i am on a quiz and my teacher says it came first.
What came first Ptolemy's world map or Columbus reaching the western hemisphere?
Ptolemy's world map dates from the 2nd century A.D., Columbus made his voyages in the 15th century A.D.
