tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312531273315184345.post3970653879759149437..comments2024-02-24T10:18:00.371+02:00Comments on Online Maps: Old World Mapsoterkephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06328015767267395625noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312531273315184345.post-35070162503007946062021-05-23T05:28:15.380+03:002021-05-23T05:28:15.380+03:00Hi I am looking at older maps and apparently I am ...Hi I am looking at older maps and apparently I am seeing things that no one else seems to see. In this map: <br />Al-Idrisi’s world map in an 1154 atlas with Arabia on top<br /><br />What is east ? almsot all maps from the ancient world and medieval times need to be both vertically and horizontally flipped to assume the proper perspective. On the most famous one The Mappa Mundi The Red Sea it is Don Baronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12561152968391244205noreply@blogger.com