"Those ancient humans who might have scratched directions in the sand or carved lines on wood were the first to practice the art of symbolic representation in the form of a map." https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/oldest-maps-world #History #Anthropology #Map #Cartography #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons @anthropology
Source: https://twitter.com/laphamsquart/status/1666465537533313024
@bibliolater @histodon @histodons @anthropology sorry to say, but this is not a good history of maps in prehistory in Europe, and the parent book is deeply problematic. One fundamental point of framing of the latter: how can anyone say, as the author does, that Venice in mid-15c was “medieval” … or Iberia for that matter.