America Secrets on Old Maps
Hello everyone , today we gonna talk about a weird and bizarre transformation of the American Continent based on old maps from the 16th to the 19th Centuries.
There are many similar definitions of what a map is. This is just one of those, "A description of the earth, or some particular part thereof, projected upon a plain superficies; describing the form of countries, rivers, situation of cities, hills, woods, and other remarks." Single maps are often included within a bundle of maps comprising a geographical atlas.
We are going to look at some very old maps. The general opinion of today's scientists is that cartographers of the past were some sort of practical jokers. Here is what National Geographic says, "Inventing cities, mountains, and monsters to fill the empty spaces on maps is a centuries-old tradition in cartography." This is very similar to how the appearance of the old maps was explained to me, when I went to school.
Obviously some of the older maps have purely decorative meaning in our today's life. Do we think that maps served decorative purposes back in the day when GPS systems were not available? I believe at the time of their creation, those maps were nothing but a useful tool upon which the lives of seafarers (and other navigators) depended. Saying obvious things is ridiculous, but maps were always used for navigation prior to the emergence of GPS. Under certain circumstances they are being used nowadays. And for that, they have to be as accurate as possible. Accuracy does not include making up lands, rivers, cities and other objects.
Article originally posted on stolenhistory.net platform by Korben Dallas
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DISCLAIMER : THE AUTHOR DOESN'T IMPLY NOTHING AS A TRUTH INTO YOUR BELIEF SYSTEM , EVERYONE IS FREE TO BELIEVE IN WHAT THEY WANT. EVERYTHING IN THIS VIDEO IS THE AUTHOR'S FANTASY AND PERSONAL OPINION BASED ON PERSONAL RESEARCHES AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO AGREE WITH IT . REMEMBER THAT THE AUTHOR MIGHT BE WRONG AND HE HIMSELF IS CONSTANTLY LEARNING !!!
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00:00 Introduction
00:41 General Opinion
01:10 Old maps inaccuracy
01:54 Common sense explanation
02:57 GPS Maps comparison
03:23 Fantasy of old maps
04:02 American continent old maps transition
08:32 Conclusion