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<<silently>> <<set $end = 0>> <</silently>> Click below to choose your first model. <<silently>> <<set $anc = either( "Ancient 1", "Ancient 2", "Ancient 3", "Ancient 4" )>> <</silently>> <<button "Ancient Map" $anc>><</button>>

<<silently>> <<set $ancient = "[[Ancient Map|Ancient 1]]">> <</silently>> Map #1 Made: Around 500 B.C.E. Description: Hecataeus of Miletus (c. 550 B.C.E – c. 476 B.C.E.), the first known Greek historian, produced a world map similar to this recreation by Wikipedia user Bibi Saint-Pol. Link: [[Hecataeus World Map|https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GWGjQNhulAOZAkyDezisRDqxL7ge82ck]] <<if $end is 0>> <<silently>> <<set $pre = either( "PreCo 5", "PreCo 6", "PreCo 7", "PreCo 8" )>> <</silently>> <<button "Pre-Columbian Map" $pre>><</button>> <<else>> [[Return to Results Page|End]] <</if>>

<<silently>> <<set $end = 1>> <</silently>> Here are your results: <<print $ancient>> <<print $preco>> <<print $postco>> <<print $near>> Use the link below to complete the assignment: [[Google Earth|https://www.google.com/earth/]]

<<silently>> <<set $ancient = "[[Ancient Map|Ancient 2]]">> <</silently>> Map #2 Made: Around 450 B.C.E. Description: Herodotus (c. 484 B.C.E. - c. 425 B.C.E.) was an ancient Greek historian who criticized Hecataeus and produced his own map of the inhabited world, similar to this recreation by Wikipedia user Bibi Saint-Pol. Link: [[Herodotus World Map|https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qhOwN401EKAjFLlSreqy1G6DsKEYhUXB]] <<if $end is 0>> <<silently>> <<set $pre = either( "PreCo 5", "PreCo 6", "PreCo 7", "PreCo 8" )>> <</silently>> <<button "Pre-Columbian Map" $pre>><</button>> <<else>> [[Return to Results Page|End]] <</if>>

<<silently>> <<set $ancient = "[[Ancient Map|Ancient 3]]">> <</silently>> Map #3 Made: Around 100 B.C.E. Description: Posidonius (c. 135 B.C.E. – c. 51 B.C.E.) was a Greek polymath who developed hypotheses about geography and accurately estimated the circumference of the Earth using methods similar to those used by Eratosthenes a century before. This map was produced in 1628 by cartographers Petrus Bertius and Melchior Tavernier, based on the ideas of Posidonius but incorporating information that would not have been available in the first century B.C.E. Link: [[Posidonius World Map|https://drive.google.com/open?id=11Hs7PQHweoMNYQX7cn5EfZGt6bgz49V7]] <<if $end is 0>> <<silently>> <<set $pre = either( "PreCo 5", "PreCo 6", "PreCo 7", "PreCo 8" )>> <</silently>> <<button "Pre-Columbian Map" $pre>><</button>> <<else>> [[Return to Results Page|End]] <</if>>

<<silently>> <<set $ancient = "[[Ancient Map|Ancient 4]]">> <</silently>> Map #2 Made: Around 43 C.E. Description: Pomponius Mela, the first Roman geographer, described his map of the world around 43 C.E. This 1898 map by Konrad Miller is based on Mela's work. Link: [[Pomponius Mela World Map|https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OIb7z4_NSOV2wXVni_j47IvufIzJXIhm]] <<if $end is 0>> <<silently>> <<set $pre = either( "PreCo 5", "PreCo 6", "PreCo 7", "PreCo 8" )>> <</silently>> <<button "Pre-Columbian Map" $pre>><</button>> <<else>> [[Return to Results Page|End]] <</if>>

<<silently>> <<set $preco = "[[Pre-Columbian Map|PreCo 5]]">> <</silently>> Map #5 Made: 150 C.E. Description: Claudius Ptolemy (100 C.E. – 170 C.E.), an astronomer and mathematician who lived in Alexandria during the Roman rule of Egypt, wrote the book Geography in 150 C.E. This 1482 map by Leinhart Holle is based on a 1406 translation of Ptolemy's map. Link: [[Ptolemy World Map|https://drive.google.com/open?id=1X_xwdn8UhfYYJCr5scGgWHXjq-bFnq3o]] <<if $end is 0>> <<silently>> <<set $post = either( "PoCo 9", "PoCo 10", "PoCo 11", "PoCo 12" )>> <</silently>> <<button "Post-Columbian Map" $post>><</button>> <<else>> [[Return to Results Page|End]] <</if>>

<<silently>> <<set $preco = "[[Pre-Columbian Map|PreCo 7]]">> <</silently>> Map #7 Made: 1154 C.E. Description: Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100-1165 C.E.) was an Arab cartographer and geographer who lived in Sicily and produced this map, the Tabula Rogeriana, for the Norman King Roger II in 1154. Link: [[Tabula Rogeriana World Map|https://drive.google.com/open?id=1g6LK7JHWpfhRdotoX5fnJO2HdafmDfvm]] <<if $end is 0>> <<silently>> <<set $post = either( "PoCo 9", "PoCo 10", "PoCo 11", "PoCo 12" )>> <</silently>> <<button "Post-Columbian Map" $post>><</button>> <<else>> [[Return to Results Page|End]] <</if>>

<<silently>> <<set $preco = "[[Pre-Columbian Map|PreCo 6]]">> <</silently>> Map #6 Made: Around 1040 C.E. Description: This Anglo-Saxon (modern-day Britain) map of the world dates to about 1040 C.E., and is based on an earlier Roman map. Link: [[Anglo-Saxon World Map|https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zNRE3PaD-k2XqHYEWDq2fwernVR63RxX]] <<if $end is 0>> <<silently>> <<set $post = either( "PoCo 9", "PoCo 10", "PoCo 11", "PoCo 12" )>> <</silently>> <<button "Post-Columbian Map" $post>><</button>> <<else>> [[Return to Results Page|End]] <</if>>

<<silently>> <<set $preco = "[[Pre-Columbian Map|PreCo 8]]">> <</silently>> Map #8 Made: 1457 C.E. Description: This Genoese (from Genoa, Italy) map was produced in 1457 based on accounts of Asian travels from explorer Niccolo da Conti. Link: [[Genoese World Map|https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Lo0w2LsUGyp1NUhJcJqL6pvwJy3vU5ul]] <<if $end is 0>> <<silently>> <<set $post = either( "PoCo 9", "PoCo 10", "PoCo 11", "PoCo 12" )>> <</silently>> <<button "Post-Columbian Map" $post>><</button>> <<else>> [[Return to Results Page|End]] <</if>>

<<silently>> <<set $postco = "[[Post-Columbian Map|PoCo 9]]">> <</silently>> Map #9 Made: Around 1506 C.E. Description: Nicolay de Caveri was a Genoese (from Genoa, Italy) mapmaker who drew this map of the world around 1506. Link: [[Caveri World Map|https://drive.google.com/open?id=1K5ifzW7GsqP288TS05uvT-DgyI4KVDXe]] <<if $end is 0>> <<silently>> <<set $nm = either( "NeMo 13", "NeMo 14", "NeMo 15" )>> <</silently>> <<button "Near-Modern Map" $nm>><</button>> <<else>> [[Return to Results Page|End]] <</if>>

<<silently>> <<set $postco = "[[Post-Columbian Map|PoCo 12]]">> <</silently>> Map #12 Made: 1658 C.E. Description: Dutch engraver and cartographer Nicolaes Visscher (1618-1679 C.E.) drew this map in 1658. The mythological scenes in the borders were painted by Nicolaes Berchem. Link: [[Visscher World Map|https://drive.google.com/open?id=1czQnMWFMkxNG7qZKCdk2h0xZRGNbgGal]] <<if $end is 0>> <<silently>> <<set $nm = either( "NeMo 13", "NeMo 14", "NeMo 15" )>> <</silently>> <<button "Near-Modern Map" $nm>><</button>> <<else>> [[Return to Results Page|End]] <</if>>

<<silently>> <<set $postco = "[[Post-Columbian Map|PoCo 11]]">> <</silently>> Map #11 Made: 1570 C.E. Description: Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598 C.E.) was a Brabantian (from a region in the Netherlands) geographer and mapmaker who included this map in Theatrum Orbis Terrarum ("Theatre of the World"), the first modern atlas, in 1570. Link: [[Ortelius World Map|https://drive.google.com/open?id=1VRDP5daIbCuT7h01i39YAPA5TnIBnmq5]] <<if $end is 0>> <<silently>> <<set $nm = either( "NeMo 13", "NeMo 14", "NeMo 15" )>> <</silently>> <<button "Near-Modern Map" $nm>><</button>> <<else>> [[Return to Results Page|End]] <</if>>

<<silently>> <<set $postco = "[[Post-Columbian Map|PoCo 10]]">> <</silently>> Map #10 Made: 1507 C.E. Description: Johannes Ruysch (c. 1460 – 1533 C.E.) was a Dutch explorer and mapmaker who drew this map in 1507. Link: [[Ruysch World Map|https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CzLv_f_XyadTb-08sYuzoXgLHvd9TRnJ]] <<if $end is 0>> <<silently>> <<set $nm = either( "NeMo 13", "NeMo 14", "NeMo 15" )>> <</silently>> <<button "Near-Modern Map" $nm>><</button>> <<else>> [[Return to Results Page|End]] <</if>>

<<silently>> <<set $near = "[[Near-Modern Map|NeMo 13]]">> <</silently>> Map #13 Made: 1794 C.E. Description: Samuel Dunn was a British mathematician and astronomer who drew this map in 1794 after Captain Cook's exploration of the northwest gave a better outline of the North American continent. Link: [[Dunn World Map|https://drive.google.com/open?id=1leQdSBimptP0X6Fx3CiN-d4wVm9ANdPi]] <<if $end is 0>> [[See Results|End]] <<else>> [[Return to Results Page|End]] <</if>>

<<silently>> <<set $near = "[[Near-Modern Map|NeMo 14]]">> <</silently>> Map #14 Made: 1854 C.E. Description: American J.H. Colton (1800-1893 C.E.) founded a mapmaking company in 1831 that became a world leader in map production. This map was produced by his company in 1854. Link: [[Colton World Map|https://drive.google.com/open?id=1uKNateWkCN44NQPunqbkJW30VQLZu5yN]] <<if $end is 0>> [[See Results|End]] <<else>> [[Return to Results Page|End]] <</if>>

<<silently>> <<set $near = "[[Near-Modern Map|NeMo 15]]">> <</silently>> Map #15 Made: 1942 C.E. Description: The Geographia Map Company, based in New York City, produced this standard map of the world in 1942. Link: [[Geographia World Map|https://drive.google.com/open?id=1LO8lNktMam3D4mmdvku7tqJLlZrnedTa]] <<if $end is 0>> [[See Results|End]] <<else>> [[Return to Results Page|End]] <</if>>