Old mapsWorld World in 1567, by Ottoman sailor Ali Macar Reis (Ottoman Archives, Turkey) July 7, 2017 Alex Related Posts:How the World was Imagined: First Maps and AtlasesThe Location of Every Ancient Greek City Outside of…Tearing Turkey Apart: A Stereotypical Take on a…Greece Under Ottoman Rule: A Complex History of…Atlas of the Ottoman mapsIs Turkey a Rich or Poor Country? A Look at Global…Centuries of Ottoman Influence in the Western BalkansGreece vs. Turkey: A Century of Population Shifts on the Map
This is one of my favorite maps! Anyone wonder what the straight diagonal lines represent?