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This is the world according to ancient Greeks.

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This is the world according to ancient Greeks.
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>>3358989

Rome is conspicuously absent from this map.
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>>3358995
Rome is a Jewish hoax
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>>3358999
The Jews are conspicuously absent from the map
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>>3358989
Heredotus knew of the Μαkροβίοι on what's now basically Morocco.
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>>3359000
The jews are a roman (reptilian) hoax
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>>3358989
DUDE GLORY LIES BEYOND THE HORIZON AIAIAIAIAIAIAIAIAIAIAIAI
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This is the world according to ancient Romans. The image was too large to post, so I'll just give you a link to see the map.

http://www.mifami.org/eLibrary/PeutingerMapLabels-7.6MB.jpg
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>>3358989
I mean, in relation to what they explored, this actually isn't that far off.
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>>3358989
Looks like the hollow earth, tbqh.
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>>3359307
Last time I saw this image I didn't realize it went all the way past the Ganges.
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>>3359307
That's pretty cool
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>>3358989
I can see it. Neat. Of course even the ancient Greeks had a theory about other continents including a great continent in the south.
I wonder how much they knew about northern Europe.
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>>3359307
The resolution is a bit higher on this one.

http://historyofinformation.com/images/tabula_peutingeriana_full.jpg
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Honestly not a bad map, it gets the job done if you only care where you're going on a larger scale.
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>>3359602
>I wonder how much they knew about northern Europe.

They knew quite a bit. We know that a Greek explorer sailed as far north potentially as Iceland, and he certainly went around Northern Britain.
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Old stylized maps are the shit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1581_Bunting_clover_leaf_map.jpg
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There are other Greek maps on this site if you guys are interested.
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>>3360997
http://cartographic-images.net/Cartographic_Images/106_Greek_World_Views.html
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>>3358989

id say its a schematic approximation
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>>3361003
Fake map drawn in the middle ages
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>>3358989
Inaccurate but practical enough
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>>3359307
How do you underestimate the thickness of the Mediterranean this much?
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