The era of exploration and discovery Dear Mappers, After our visit to the middle age we land to a new age of exploration and discovery. The race for the colonization of new part of the world had already began and with it came the need of accurate mapmaking. This was fulfilled due to the progress in technologies such as navigation, ship construction, observation instruments and … Continue reading History of maps: The era of exploration and discovery

Middle Age Cartography Dear Mappers, This time on our walk through the history of maps we visit the middle age. During Europe’s dark ages the map-making has been dominated by the church. Scholars continued the map-making traditions of earlier times, but maps remained small and schematic. Each was drawn for strictly limited purposes. What it showed and how it showed it depended on what purpose … Continue reading History of maps: Middle Age cartography

A  brief introduction of early cartography Dear Mappers, We enjoy map making as much us you do, as such we have decided to take a walk down the memory lane and have a look at how it all started… so here’s the first part of series of articles dedicated to history of maps. Mapmaking has been part of the human nature for thousands of years, … Continue reading History of maps: Cave days…