Antique World Map from 1482 (PIC)
historicmapworks.com — Very interesting to see this map from 10 years before Columbus stumbled across "the West Indies"
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- zaco, on 07/20/2008, -1/+83wish this had "enhanced zoom"
- justinp, on 07/20/2008, -1/+15That's what she said.
- f3rr3r, on 07/21/2008, -0/+8***** you Limited Zoom
- FreakCERS, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1If you have the ability to eidt html in your browser (say, Firefox+web developer extension), just alter the parameter "zoomifyMaxZoom" - firefox uses the embed, IE uses the param...
"enhanced zoom" is 100, but you can make it anything you want... say 200? - of course, the image is scanned at a finite resolution, so don't go overboard... - Drugx2, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1you could just hold ctrl and move your middle mouse button.
- scitz0frenic, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1to create a free account which will unlock enhanced zoom and other premium features.
You must pay in gold dubloons to see enhanced and street views.
- r4ge, on 07/20/2008, -15/+9humans are such newbies.
- Onji, on 07/20/2008, -3/+159Where's the Street View?
- TyrelVnne, on 07/20/2008, -5/+36http://www.oldlondonmaps.com/oldlondonmapimages/sh ...
What the hell did you expect?
- TyrelVnne, on 07/20/2008, -5/+36http://www.oldlondonmaps.com/oldlondonmapimages/sh ...
- obliviousfool, on 07/20/2008, -2/+15What's up with the red color south of what we think of as the Red Sea?
- MiniCooper2007, on 07/20/2008, -3/+37All the blood from the Crusades was still floating around.
- Scriabin, on 07/20/2008, -7/+7That's a little too south to be anywhere near where the Crusades were. (It's also not even the Red Sea, but the Arabian Sea that's colored red.)
*Probably dugg down for being a know-it-all*
- Scriabin, on 07/20/2008, -7/+7That's a little too south to be anywhere near where the Crusades were. (It's also not even the Red Sea, but the Arabian Sea that's colored red.)
- nicmakaveli, on 07/21/2008, -0/+2the map maker may took it more literal than he should have
- MiniCooper2007, on 07/20/2008, -3/+37All the blood from the Crusades was still floating around.
- Joshuarr, on 07/20/2008, -10/+15I'm kind of glad those guys kept trying.
- truman48, on 07/20/2008, -19/+7If it were not for Columbus we would all still think there were giant heads blowing on the flat earth.
- bootprint, on 07/20/2008, -1/+16Columbus was late to the game
http://www.textbookleague.org/26flat.htm - chibimmy, on 07/20/2008, -3/+1Thats an option i'm not opposed to.
- Psi57, on 07/20/2008, -4/+5The Spanish were too busy killing those who liked Jesus too little or too much to get with the rest of the whole ***** world in realizing that the planet isn't a flat plane with monsters in between the continents.
- rearlgrant, on 07/20/2008, -0/+3About the time this map was being drawn, Moctazuma II was about 20.... And Cortez was yet to be born.
Stuff like these maps and their significance makes me ponder what I don't know, and what the hell have I done with my life.
- rearlgrant, on 07/20/2008, -0/+3About the time this map was being drawn, Moctazuma II was about 20.... And Cortez was yet to be born.
- bootprint, on 07/20/2008, -1/+16Columbus was late to the game
- Kotjze, on 07/20/2008, -2/+31The world had quite a lot of nicely formed paths all over it back then.
- crash331, on 07/20/2008, -1/+6They are called rivers.
- erydan, on 07/21/2008, -0/+2I think those are mountain ranges. Rivers are drawn as thin lines.
- crash331, on 07/20/2008, -1/+6They are called rivers.
- NavS, on 07/20/2008, -8/+22That's pretty darn accurate for 500+ years ago.
- rasprenkle, on 07/21/2008, -2/+4says who..??
- purty707, on 07/20/2008, -10/+39website from 1482?
- cobophers, on 07/20/2008, -9/+15I see what they did there. The world is a series of tubes.
- TyrelVnne, on 07/20/2008, -8/+0i Shot Pop into my eyes watching it load. so it cant be good i think ill just wait for a mirror
- Labyrinth336, on 07/20/2008, -4/+19oh look... Xenu...
- Newedge14, on 07/20/2008, -2/+6mirror?
- koolaiddude, on 07/20/2008, -2/+10http://intensecoders.com/?page_id=57
- crash331, on 07/20/2008, -0/+4Thanks for the link without the gay flash.
- theodenking, on 07/21/2008, -2/+2That's actually a different map, interesting though.
- mrdog, on 07/20/2008, -5/+2its here
http://www.eatmyshorts.net/pictures/3260/+Antique+ ...
- koolaiddude, on 07/20/2008, -2/+10http://intensecoders.com/?page_id=57
- Duncster, on 07/20/2008, -9/+4MIRROR! ...pretty please?
- koolaiddude, on 07/20/2008, -1/+7http://intensecoders.com/?page_id=57
- mrdog, on 07/20/2008, -2/+3http://www.eatmyshorts.net/pictures/3260/+Antique+ ...
- Alex2, on 07/20/2008, -5/+15Stupid site doesn't load.
- WildBill77RT, on 07/20/2008, -6/+93Buried as inaccurate
- marc54, on 07/20/2008, -9/+19BURIED! Website slower than Pony Express.
- CosmicH, on 07/20/2008, -3/+13Earth looked so different back then.
- tidu, on 07/20/2008, -1/+4It must have been hard living in those times surrounded by all those giant penises.
- Monkeydew06, on 07/21/2008, -0/+2Maybe we should kiss, just to break the tension...
- tidu, on 07/20/2008, -1/+4It must have been hard living in those times surrounded by all those giant penises.
- aserer511, on 07/20/2008, -0/+61Man, servers from 1482 sure must be unreliable.
- jasmus, on 07/20/2008, -0/+72be patient people, every request has to be weaved on a loom.
- aptanalogy, on 07/20/2008, -1/+5The Loom of Destiny
- FolkTheory, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1*Fate
- aptanalogy, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1The Loom of Doom
- Ursapater, on 07/21/2008, -1/+1Sorry dude, the word is 'woven' i.e. the past tense of weave, not 'weaved'
- jasmus, on 07/21/2008, -0/+4I did realise that after I posted, but lacked the motivation to correct it as I knew someone here would do it for me. Thanks for your input, you comment is important to us.
- aptanalogy, on 07/20/2008, -1/+5The Loom of Destiny
- br0pbr0p, on 07/20/2008, -4/+3Yeah...if it ever loads...
- CiDaemon, on 07/20/2008, -4/+20Odd to look at...until you realize the white parts are land and the greenish parts are water. Duh.
- Ursapater, on 07/21/2008, -0/+4It took me a minute to realize that too. After all we're used to maps depicting water as blue.
- rjc309, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1Wow that makes more sense now.
- Ursapater, on 07/21/2008, -0/+4It took me a minute to realize that too. After all we're used to maps depicting water as blue.
- PhreakMac, on 07/20/2008, -1/+12possibly a mirror?
http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/mappinghist/large ... - ehsteve23, on 07/20/2008, -0/+99http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0 ...
the same thing (with different colouring) in high res, screw limited zoom. - BrokenVisage, on 07/20/2008, -8/+2Old... get it?
- toyrifle1, on 07/20/2008, -8/+0old news.
- rearlgrant, on 07/20/2008, -0/+1You have new news?
- koolaiddude, on 07/20/2008, -2/+6Another Mirror - http://intensecoders.com/?page_id=57
- thelimopit, on 07/20/2008, -12/+6Why does this world look so good? Oh yeah, it's because America isn't on it.
- caltheos, on 07/20/2008, -3/+17Thar be dragons
- mrdog, on 07/20/2008, -8/+5heres a mirror
http://www.eatmyshorts.net/pictures/3260/+Antique+ ...- supremebeing18, on 07/20/2008, -2/+2Why are you being dugg down?
- cutekelvins, on 07/20/2008, -3/+3bitches are probably looking for Gold.
- cutekelvins, on 07/20/2008, -0/+1what are they puking at first place.
- Scriabin, on 07/20/2008, -7/+2What is this bullcrap. It's slow as hell, and when it does load, you have to register to really see the map.
- jarjarwang, on 07/20/2008, -8/+3That is the worst map I have ever seen.
- ThatEvilGuy, on 07/20/2008, -9/+27Affrica, Evropa? give that guy a ***** spell checker.
- cutekelvins, on 07/20/2008, -3/+3Where is amreeka btw ?
- rearlgrant, on 07/20/2008, -0/+5And the Bible was written in modern English I guess; and Beowulf is a movie from 2007.
- Lythium, on 07/21/2008, -0/+41. Following the Latin standard, the letter "U" was generally written and chiseled as "V," so it's actually "Europa."
http://www.suetterlinschrift.de/Englisch/Tips_and_ ...
2. English spelling in anything close to its current form was not standardized until the 1750s with Samuel Johnson's "Dictionary of the English Language": http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/lang/languagech ... Even then it took some time to catch on, so if you run into earlier works with "proper" spelling, it just means that they have been edited to make them easier for modern readers to digest. - nicmakaveli, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1latin man,
- PunkyFeople, on 07/20/2008, -10/+6Why is it curved if people thought the world was flat?
- cosmicastaway, on 07/20/2008, -0/+27Educated people knew the earth was round for over two-thousand years before this map was made. Eratosthenes of Cyrene first accurately deduced the diameter of the earth in about 220 BC; in 1482, a spherical earth would have been common knowledge. Definitely for cartographers.
- Monkeydew06, on 07/21/2008, -0/+2And knowing is half the battle... GI JOOOOE
- cosmicastaway, on 07/20/2008, -0/+27Educated people knew the earth was round for over two-thousand years before this map was made. Eratosthenes of Cyrene first accurately deduced the diameter of the earth in about 220 BC; in 1482, a spherical earth would have been common knowledge. Definitely for cartographers.
- bwjacket, on 07/20/2008, -0/+29"Well, obviously this blue stuff is land."
- zepfan221, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1Oh how I miss Buster, I can't wait for the movie.
- tranc3, on 07/20/2008, -8/+0lol.
no need to comment that.
quite interesting. - sedaghatfar, on 07/20/2008, -8/+12older then the internet
- Lith25, on 07/20/2008, -0/+4Funny for once.
- TNicholson, on 07/20/2008, -5/+5Hey look, I can see my pagan village from here!
- AudioMove, on 07/20/2008, -3/+5Where the hell is Ireland???
- GavinZac, on 07/20/2008, -0/+9The 2nd "Angel" from the left on the top row is 'blowing' directly down on ireland - 'under' ireland is great britain (between them is a strangely green coloured ilse of mann) and under that is mainland Europe. ireland is marked as iberna (from the iverni tribe of munster that an earlier traveller had met, with their name adjusted to suit the greek perception of life there, as 'hibernus' meant wintery - ireland was later called hibernia), mann is labeled labeled as morni and britain is albion iula (or something to that effect - albion is the important part).
- Drugx2, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1Albion? as in fable?
I always choose the evil path :D
- Drugx2, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1Albion? as in fable?
- GavinZac, on 07/20/2008, -0/+9The 2nd "Angel" from the left on the top row is 'blowing' directly down on ireland - 'under' ireland is great britain (between them is a strangely green coloured ilse of mann) and under that is mainland Europe. ireland is marked as iberna (from the iverni tribe of munster that an earlier traveller had met, with their name adjusted to suit the greek perception of life there, as 'hibernus' meant wintery - ireland was later called hibernia), mann is labeled labeled as morni and britain is albion iula (or something to that effect - albion is the important part).
- WhoDoneIt, on 07/20/2008, -4/+2The world IS flat!
- jscrofano, on 07/20/2008, -3/+2"Publish Date: 1482
Publisher: PTOLEMY, CLAUDIUS"
Ptolemy died in 161 A.D. Something isn't right - either this isn't a map by Ptolemy, or the date is wrong, or both. This is obviously the work of Dick Cheney.- nolesfan247, on 07/21/2008, -0/+2This map was conceptualized by Ptolemy in his time, but the image is of a woodcut of the map, made in 1482, read the caption on the picture of the map.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy#Geography
- nolesfan247, on 07/21/2008, -0/+2This map was conceptualized by Ptolemy in his time, but the image is of a woodcut of the map, made in 1482, read the caption on the picture of the map.
- bbparks, on 07/21/2008, -1/+2Great explanation of how it impacted Henry the Navigator and Columbus here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSB9vFqHvms&eurl=ht ...- Rangsk, on 07/21/2008, -0/+0After watching this, I went to check out Toscanelli's Wikipedia page, and was disappointed that it was so short for a man who seemed to be so influential.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_dal_Pozzo_Tosca ...
- Rangsk, on 07/21/2008, -0/+0After watching this, I went to check out Toscanelli's Wikipedia page, and was disappointed that it was so short for a man who seemed to be so influential.
- adikt, on 07/21/2008, -2/+1http://homepage.univie.ac.at/horst.prillinger/blog ...
- RSS14, on 07/21/2008, -6/+1Even my world map when I am in 1482 AD while playing Civilization IV isn't this wrong! Noobs.
- dwhs, on 07/21/2008, -5/+2wow that is so far off, I wonder how confident they where with it
- nonsequitur668, on 07/21/2008, -2/+1buried due to 'limited zoom'. that site is as bad as the whole shareware business model...
- gar3618, on 07/21/2008, -0/+4better get this out of my glovebox
- Conguent, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1They were a little off.
- codecracker007, on 07/21/2008, -0/+0...and asia is pretty much India [Indicvm] and India [Prasodvm]
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