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The Old World and Early European Explorers, 1000–1522

The Old World and Early European Explorers


Title: The Old World and Early European Explorers
Projection: Unknown,
Source Bounding Coordinates:
W: -80 E: 180 N: 70 S: -40

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Description: A map of Europe, western Asia, and Africa showing the expansion of the known world from the time of Homer (1000 BC) to the voyage of Magellan (1519–1522). The map is color–coded to show the world as it was known to Homer, Ptolemy (AD 150), and Martin Behaim (AD 1492), and shows routes of exploration including the overland routes of Kubruk to Mongolia (1253–1254), Marco Polo to Cathay (China) in1275, Ibn Batuta to Timbuktu and Malli (1352–1353), and the sea voyages of Columbus, Cabot, De Gamma, and others.
Place Names: Eastern Hemisphere, Africa, Asia, Europ
ISO Topic Categories: inlandWaters, location, oceans
Keywords: The Old World and Early European Explorers, physical, physical features, political, country borders, physical features, country borders, inlandWaters, location, oceans, Unknown, 1000–1522
Source: J.G. Bartholomew, LLD, A Literary & Historical Atlas of Europe (New York, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Ltd. , 1910) 8-9
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman
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