Maps of the World
- Claudius Ptolemy, World Map, 150 AD
- Al-Sharif al-Idrisi, World Map, 1154
- Richard of Haldingham, Mappa-mundi, 1300
- The Yu Ji Tu, 1137
- Martin Waldseemüller’s Universal Cosmography, 1507
- Diogo Ribeiro, World Map, 1529
- Gerard Mercator, World Map, 1569
- Joan Blaeu, Atlas Maior, 1662
- Louis Capitaine, Map of France, 1790
- Sir Halford Mackinder, The Natural Seats of Power, 1904
- Arno Peters, World Map, 1973
- Homepage of Google Earth, 2013
A History of the World in Twelve Maps
From Ptolemy to Google Earth, the world has been mapped by visionaries