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  2. Category:Historic maps of Europe - Wikipedia

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    This category is for historic maps showing all or part of Europe. See subcategories for smaller areas. "Historic maps" means maps made over seventy (70) years ago.

  3. List of historical maps - Wikipedia

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    Map of Maximus Planudes (c. 1300), earliest extant realization of Ptolemy's world map (2nd century) Gangnido (Korea, 1402) Bianco world map (1436) Fra Mauro map (c. 1450) Map of Bartolomeo Pareto (1455) Genoese map (1457) Map of Juan de la Cosa (1500) Cantino planisphere (1502) Piri Reis map (1513) Dieppe maps (c. 1540s-1560s) Mercator 1569 ...

  4. Category:Maps of the history of Europe - Wikipedia

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    Category:Late Middle Ages — 1301–1600 AD; 14th, 15th, 16th Centuries; Category:Historic maps of Europe; ... Pages in category "Maps of the history of Europe"

  5. List of largest European cities in history - Wikipedia

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    City 1 – 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 Agrigento: 50,000 [163]Athens: 30,000 – 90,000 110,000 25,000

  6. Early world maps - Wikipedia

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    Mappae Mundi: Representing the World and Its Inhabitants In Texts, Maps, and Images In Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Edmonton: Department of English and Film Studies, University of Alberta. ISBN 9781551951874. OCLC 227019112. Goffart, Walter (2003). Historical Atlases: The First Three Hundred Years, 1570–1870. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press.

  7. 17th century - Wikipedia

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    1602: Matteo Ricci produces the Map of the Myriad Countries of the World (坤輿萬國全圖, Kūnyú Wànguó Quántú), a world map that will be used throughout East Asia for centuries. 1602: The Dutch East India Company (VOC) is established by merging competing Dutch trading companies. [7] Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.

  8. History of cartography - Wikipedia

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    Initiatives such as Euratlas History Maps (which covers the whole of Europe from the year 1 AD to the present), Centennia Historical Atlas (which covers Europe from the year 1000AD to the present), Geacron, and many others who work in what is called historical cartography. These maps include evolution of countries, provinces and cities, wars ...

  9. Early modern Europe - Wikipedia

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    The 17th century saw very little peace in Europe – major wars were fought in 95 years (every year except 1610, 1669 to 1671, and 1680 to 1682.) [12] The wars were unusually ugly. Europe in the late 17th century, 1648 to 1700, was an age of great intellectual, scientific, artistic and cultural achievement.