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History of cartography

geography Maturity 7-9

Maps help us find our way. Long ago, people drew maps on bone. They also used clay to show land. Maps help us see the world. Do you like to look at maps?

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File:Engraving on a mammoth tusk, map, Gravettian, 076872x.jpg
Engraving on a mammoth tusk, map,...
File:Clay tablet containing plan of Nippur (Hilprecht EBL 1903).jpg
Clay tablet containing plan of Nippur...
File:Hekateaus7m.jpg
Hekateaus7m.jpg
File:Herodotus5m1.jpg
Herodotus5m1.jpg
File:Karte Pomponius Mela rotated.jpg
Karte Pomponius Mela rotated.jpg
File:Part of Tabula Peutingeriana.jpg
Part of Tabula Peutingeriana.jpg
File:Western Han Mawangdui Silk Map.JPG
Western Han Mawangdui Silk Map.JPG
File:Da-ming-hun-yi-tu.jpg
Da-ming-hun-yi-tu.jpg
File:1710 First Japanese Buddhist Map of the World Showing Europe, America, and Africa - Geographicus - NansenBushu-hotan-1710.jpg
1710 First Japanese Buddhist Map of the...
File:Map of the Inhabited Quarter.png
Map of the Inhabited Quarter.png
File:NainSingh.gif
NainSingh.gif
File:Al Masudi's Map of the World.JPG
Al Masudi's Map of the World.JPG

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