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Jerusalem is in the center - from "Itinerarium Sacrae Scipturae", by Heinrich Bunting, 1545-1606 Here’s a world map according to Posidonius, from around 150-130 B.C Ptolemy's version of the world, printed ten years before Christopher Columbus' first voyage - image via The Cantino planisphere from 1502 is the earliest surviving map showing recent discoveries by Portuguese mariners in the east and west. Fragment: Europe and Jerusalem Fragment: Caribbean islands Fragments: Brazil's coastline (left), Persian Gulf (right) Geosense: an online world geography game.
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