Map Enthusiasts

3008 readers

302 users here now

For the map enthused!

Rules:

post relevant content: interesting, informative, and/or pretty maps
be nice

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

337

What 16th century Ottomans thought Europe looked like on top of an actual map of Europe (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

36 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 month ago

I think it's just not aligned, they didn't get the scale perfect. That pointy bit over the ocean and the bit hanging down from it are actually pretty close to right, just need to be moved over and twisted a bit.

All in all, I don't think I could do any better.

permalink
fedilink
source
parent