Origin of the World Map

What did people used to think the world looked like? From the beginning of human history to right before the age of exploration, how were world maps created?

This goes from Anaximander to the Catalan Atlas in 1375.

The Catalan Atlas - A Medieval Marvel by Flash Point History
   • The Catalan Atlas - A Medieval Marvel  

Interview with Johnny Harris
   • The Curious Mind of Johnny Harris  

Jeremy's Personal Website
https://www.jeremyshuback.com

If you'd like to learn more, you can read these pieces with original research on the Catalan Atlas
https://www.cresquesproject.net/catal...
http://www.myoldmaps.com/late-medieva...

Creative Commons Images & Videos

Sailboat on the Isle of Mull
Image by rawpixel.com - Royalty Free - https://www.rawpixel.com/image/121894...

Engraving on a mammoth tusk
By Zde - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Algonquin Park Stars Timelapse
Paul Yip - CC - BY,    • Algonquin Park Stars Timelapse  

Moon Phases
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio - https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000...

0:00 - Why Do Maps Matter?
0:49 - The Prehistory of World Maps
1:06 - The Earliest Explorers
1:47 - Strabo & the Ancient Greek Cartographers
2:12 - Ptolemy: Latitude, Longitude & Indexing the World
2:56 - al-Idrisi: How Muslims rediscovered the Lost Maps
4:06 - Mappa Mundis in the Christian World
4:25 - Windrose Lines & the Invention of the compass
5:12 - The Catalan Atlas of 1375