#historicmap — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #historicmap, aggregated by home.social.
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The 15th-Century Monk Who Crowdsourced A Map Of The World - Fra Mauro Was The Google Earth Of The 1450s
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fra-mauro-map <-- shared technical article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #mappamundi #crowdsourcing #framauro #venice #venezia #monk #map #cartography #global #worldmap #historicmap #history #medieval #trading #commerce #shipping #portugal #portguese #socialnetworking #seafarers #geography #cartography #cartographer #exploration #monk #1450s #annonations #mapmakers #mapmaking #ageofexploration