Intersect - Timeline - Geolocation - Context. Somali piracy: Global overview. World leaders are increasingly concerned by pirates operating off the coast of Somalia, who have seized several ships recently, demanding ransom payments to free them.
Warships from several countries have been sent to patrol the Indian Ocean, as the pirates are threatening some of the world's busiest shipping lanes. Use the map to see how the pirates have affected various countries. The so-called pirate capital of Somalia's Puntland region is where the high seas hijackers often steer their captured vessels. Create Maps. The World’s Oldest Maps. Man has been carving symbols into stones and on cave walls for thousands of years so it was only a matter of time before navigational inscriptions would emerge to help guide our hunting and foraging patterns.
From cave drawings and Babylonian clay tablets to stone carvings and papyrus text, here are some of the world’s oldest maps (in no particular order).