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Anaximanders lost map is considered to be made in this time period. Is considered to be the first world map in cartographic history
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found at the end of the 19th century, the Babylonian world map, considered the oldest map depicting the world is dated to around 600-500 AD
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The first map of the world using a system of meridians is made by Erestosenes
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Ptolomeo makes the first world maps using longitudes and latitudes
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The world map of Beatus of Liebana is published and depicts the holy city of Jerusalem at the center of the world
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Geographer Al-Idrisi began to depict the sea and the mountains in his maps of the world, being the first to do so.
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The Map of Hereford is made in which the city of Jerusalem can be seen in the center and the top depicts God in the heavens. A major step in cartography and religion working together
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The first time America is depicted on a map
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The first map considered to be a scientific map is made by Diego Ribero
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The Atlas Maior is the atlas made by Joan Blaeu and published in Amsterdam in 1662. It contains 594 maps
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Launch of the first GPS (global positioning system) which will evolve later on into things such as "google maps" in the early 2000s