Lecture 4 18/01/2017 (Cartorgraphic History)

Question 1

First known map?

Answer 1

Map of the World, centred on Babylon, 7th or 6th Century BCE.

Question 2

T-in-O Map

Answer 2

Isidore of Seville, 7th century, the first published map in a book, 1472.

Question 3

Ptolemy’s World Map

Answer 3

Published in 1482 but created in 150 AD by Ptolemy.

The first accurate lines of latitude and longitude and how these measurements were created.

It was because of we have projections.

Question 4

Who is responsible for map projections and the mathematical equations behind lat/long?

Answer 4

Ptolemy

Question 5

This printing press, what year and who?

Answer 5

1440, Gutenburg

Question 6

Who’s map was the first one to show “America”, what year?

Answer 6

Martin Waldseemuller, 1507

Question 7

What is an atlas, when did the first ones show up on the scene?

Answer 7

Atlas - collection of maps placed within the framework of a book.

First atlases in the 16th century.

Question 8

Why did maps get more accurate between 17th - 19th centuries?

Answer 8

Better surveying techniques and technologies.

Question 9

Why were maps important?

Answer 9

To accurately define boundaries of natural resources and political territories (i.e., an instrument used to annex land from Indigenous People).

Question 10

Who came up with the Cholera map of London in 1855?

Answer 10

Dr. John Snow