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Anaximander’s Map of The Known World (c. 610 — 546 BCE)
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Anaximander’s Map of The Known World (c. 610 — 546 BCE)

Anaximander was a Greek philosopher who did his thing around the 6th century BCE. He is credited with creating one of the earliest known maps of the (known) world. For its time a groundbreaking work. And even though it’s been lost to time, it has left its indelible mark on the history of geography, cartography and scientific thought.

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