Cartography of Europe
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The earliest
Mediterranean, an arrangement that was adhered to in medieval T and O maps
.
Ptolemy's world map of the 2nd century already had a reasonably precise description of southern and western Europe, but was unaware of particulars of northern and eastern Europe.
Medieval maps such as the
Gerard Mercator
gave an accurate representation of all of Europe, including Scandinavia shown as a peninsula.
See also
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- History of Cartography
- Geography of Europe
- Cartography of Asia
- Cartography of Africa
- Boundaries between continents