The earliest known world maps date to classical antiquity, the oldest examples of the 6th to 5th centuries BCE still based on the flat Earth paradigm. World maps assuming a spherical Earth first appear in the See more

Bronze Age Saint-Bélec slab
The Saint-Bélec slab discovered in 1900 by Paul du Châtellier, in Finistère, France, is dated to between … See more

Juan de la Cosa Map (1500)
The Juan de la Cosa, a Spanish cartographer, explorer and conquistador, born in Santoña in the northern autonomous region of See more

1. ^ Gershon, Livia. "Is This 4,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Slab the Oldest Known Map in Europe?". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
2. ^ "La plus ancienne carte d'Europe ?". Inrap (in French). 6 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021. See more

Cosmas Indicopleustes' Map (6th century)
Around 550 Cosmas Indicopleustes wrote the copiously illustrated Christian Topography, a work partly based on his personal experiences as a merchant on the Red Sea and Indian Ocean in the early 6th century. … See more

• Cylcon, Aboriginal Australian cylindro-conical stones some of which are thought to contain maps
• Dieppe maps, a series of 16th-century world maps produced in Dieppe, France
• "Here be dragons", a phrase indicating uncharted areas See more

• Brodersen, Kai (2012). "Chapter 4: Cartography". Geography in Classical Antiquity. By Dueck, Daniela. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. … See more