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From an Anaximander Map to a Google Map,the history of cartography. Google Maps is the first thing that will usually come to the mind of an average traveler when making a reference to a map. But have you ever wondered what ancient famous explorers like Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Christopher Columbus or Vasco da Gama used as a guide when sojourning the world as you do today ? From here  mehkury takes you on a cartographic time travel,when men explored the world without Google ....lol 1. ANAXIMANDER WORLD MAP, 6TH CENTURY BC (Image:  Public Domain ) Anaximander was a Greek philosopher who lived in the 6th Century BC and was arguably the founder of cartography. His map is probably the first of the  known  world. Anaximander’s world was very different to ours: it included only the Mediterranean Sea and three major landmasses: Europe, Asia and Libya, which represents modern-day North Africa. Most importantly, it gave ...