History of Cartography

Anaximander created the first world map

The first map was created by the Babylonians

Alexander The Great's Empire discovered new regions of the asian continent

Greek Egyptyan Ptolemy created the most extensive view of the Western World

Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Kwharzini discovered the indian ocean was wide open

Chinese created complex stone maps of river in detail

Arab cartographers corrected Ptolemies predictions and also navigated India and Central Asia

Italian scholars invented the portal in charts allowing better documentation for the coastlines and allowing for better trade routes

Europeans resumed investigation and the Age of Discovery begun