GEOG 181 Week 2

How has our definition of cartography changed over time?

It has gotten broader over time. Once thought of as a science, we now define it as a theory, art, science of creating and interacting with maps

Some of the first maps were produced on?

Clay tablets

Ptolomy

A Greek mathematician and astronomer who lived in 2nd century AD, created the Geographia

Geographia

A listing of coordinates of known locations in the Roman Empire

What do we know from maps that used the Geographia?

1. Lines of longitude and latitude

2. Evidence of knowledge of a round Earth

T and O maps

Represent the European understanding of the world around 7th century AD, the medival period

What were the three continents that T and O maps identified?

Asia, Africa, and Europe

What was at the centre of T and O maps?

Jerusalem

Portolan charts

The creation of the compass in the 13th century lead to the creation of navigational maps

The Waldseemüller map

Created in 1507, one of the oldest maps to reflect the knowledge of the “new world”

What was special about the Waldseemüller map, other than showing the new world?

The use of a projection, as well as lines of longitude and latitude