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Cartography
- from the Latin "carta" for map
- "-graphy" suffix implies "a descriptive science"
Image Gallery[edit | edit source]
- Images here are from History of Cartography (Wikipedia) and other source files on Wikipedia
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Engraving_on_a_mammoth_tusk%2C_map%2C_Gravettian%2C_076872x.jpg/300px-Engraving_on_a_mammoth_tusk%2C_map%2C_Gravettian%2C_076872x.jpg)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Clay_tablet_containing_plan_of_Nippur_%28Hilprecht_EBL_1903%29.jpg/300px-Clay_tablet_containing_plan_of_Nippur_%28Hilprecht_EBL_1903%29.jpg)
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a map engraved on a mammoth tusk, c. 25,000 BC, found in modern Czech Republic
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Clay tablet containing plan of Nippur (Hilprecht EBL 1903)
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Netert Mudat Scarab Map Face
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Modern recreation of the world map of Hecataeus, an ancient Greek historian from Miletus who is known as the "Father of Geography, c 500 BC
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Modern recreation of the world map of Herotodus, an ancient Greek historian, c 450 BC