Maps
The earliest known map to date is a wall painting of the ancient Turkish city of Çatal Hüyük which has been dated to the late 7th millennium BCE. Other known maps of the ancient world include the Minoan House of the Admiral wall painting from c. 1600 BCE showing a seaside community in an oblique perspective, and an engraved map of the holy Babylonian city of Nippur, from the Kassite period (14th 12th centuries BCE). The ancient Greeks and Romans created maps beginning with Anaximander in the 6th century BC. In ancient China, geographical literature spans back to the 5th century BC. The oldest extant Chinese maps come from the State of Qin, dated back to the 4th century BC during the Warring States era.
Fresh doubt over America map
What is claimed to be the earliest cartographic representation of North America is probably a modern fake, new research suggests.
Jul 30, 2002
Scientists disagree over Viking map
A new study of a prized map thought to be the oldest showing North America declares it a fake - while another disagrees.
Jul 30, 2002
BBC News
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