Saturday 20 December 2008

Exhibit 00000002b

19th CENTURY RECONSTRUCTION OF WORLD MAP ACCORDING TO THE WRITTEN GEOGRAPHY OF GREEK SCHOLAR, STRABO (18 A.D.)
None of Strabo's original maps have survived but from his writings it is possible to reconstruct his geographical and cartographic knowledge, which, he believed, was best displayed on a 10ft globe and was basically near-identical to an upended image of his Great Uncle Zosimo III, Parrot Man of Despotiko.

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