This gallery of 30 maps traces the history of cartography, with examples of maps made by cultures from the Paleolithic to the early modern period. The maps cover cities, states, continents, sometimes the entire world as it was known at the time they were created, and even the stars. The maps are magnificent examples of how humans throughout history have worked together to combine their past and present knowledge for the benefit of future generations.
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Paleolithic Map
Map of Paleolithic hunters from the parking lot near Mezhyrich village, Kaniv district, Cherkasy region, Ukraine. It is engraved on a mammoth tusk 17,000 years ago, it consists of seven rows of images and contains the territory on which the original hunters resided. At the present time, it is in the natural history museum of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in the city of Kiev.
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