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A map is a symbolic depiction highlighting relationships between elements of some space, such as objects, regions, and themes.
Historical map
[edit]Main gallery: Old maps.
related property: History of cartography
Early civilisation
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Çatalhöyük Map, c. 6000 BC
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Clay tablet plan of Nippur, c. 1400 BC
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Turine Papyrus, ca. 1320 v.C.
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Babylonian Map of the World
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Eratosthenes' map of the world (reconstruction), c. 194 BC
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Chinese topographic map, 183–168 BC
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Pomponius Mela, 43 AD
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Ptolemy's world map
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Cadastre d'Arausio, 2nd c.
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Fragment of the Severan Map of Rome, showing the Theatre of Pompey, 203- 211 .
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Peutinger Map, 4th or 5th century
Middle Ages
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World Map by Cosmas Indicopleustes, 6th c.
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Jerusalem on the Madaba Map, 6th century
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Map by Estakhri, 9th c.
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Astronomical chart, c. 1000
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World map of Beatus of Liébana, 1050 AD
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Star chart by Su Song's (1020–1101)
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T and O map, 1055-1074
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World map 12th century
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T and O style mappa mundi by Isidore of Seville, 12th c.
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T&O map of Liber Floridus, 1120
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Tabula Rogeriana, 1154
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Ebstorf Map, 13th c.
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St Omar map, 13th c.
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Mappe monde, Liber floridus, 1260
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Carta Pisana, 1275-1300
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World Map by Opicinus de Canistris, 1296-1300.
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World Map by Opicinus de Canistris, 1296-1300.
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Hereford Mappa Mundi, c. 1300
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Map of Maximus Planudes, early-14th c.
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Portolan chart, 14th c.
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Corbitis Atlas, late 14th c.
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Catalan Atlas, 1375
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Da Ming Hun Yi Tu. 1389
Renaissance
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De Virga world map, 1411-1415
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Constantinople mediaeval map.jpg
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Pizzigano map, 1424
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Bianco world map, 1437
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Genoese map, 1452
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Fra Mauro map, 1459
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Ptolemy World Map, 1467
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Nuremberg Chronicle in Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493
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Map of Juan de la Cosa (1500)
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Cantino planisphere, 1502
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Caverio map, 1505
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Piri Reis map, 1513
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Carta marina, c. 1530
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Bünting Clover Leaf Map, 1581
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Cheonhado,Korean circular world map, 17th c.
Late modern period
[edit]16th century
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Mercator 1569 world map, 1569
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Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Ortelius, 1570
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Antwerp in Civitates Orbis Terrarum, 1572
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Map of Antarctica by Jacques de Vaux, 1583
17th century
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Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, 1602-04
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Celestial map from the 17th century
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Road From London to the lands end, 1675
18th century
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First known isochrone map, 1881
Type of map
[edit]Main category: Maps by type
Geography
[edit]Main categories: Maps of the world, Maps by region, Maps by continent, Maps by country, Maps of cities, and Maps by ocean
Thematic map
[edit]related property: Thematic map
Pictorial map
[edit]Main category: Pictorial maps
related property: Pictorial map
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Map of Ghent by Lucas de Heere, 1534-84
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Map of Paris
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Pictorial map of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania from 1897.
Star chart
[edit]Main category: Astronomical maps
related property: Star chart
Related property
[edit]Maps by theme
[edit]Main category: Maps by theme
Maps by theme, the more general types
[edit]Maps by theme, more specific types
[edit]Map principles
[edit]Map usage
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Boris Godunov overseeing the studies of his son", 19th c.
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19th c.
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20th c.
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20th c.
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Plane table 1919
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1940
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1940
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1940s/2005
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1940s/2005
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1943
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1943
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1943
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1944
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School Cadets Map Reading, 1939-1945
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Robert McNamara pointing to map of Vietnam, 1965
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Map Library, 1970s
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1990s
21st century
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2007
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2007
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2007
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2007
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Flood map meeting, 2008
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2008
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2008
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2008
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2008
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Hurricane Gustav tracking map on a computer in Louisiana, 2008
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2009
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2009
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2009
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2009
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2010
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Pre-flight Map check, 2010
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2010
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Q&A Google Earth map, 2010
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2011
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2012
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2012
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2012
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2013
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2014
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2014
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2014