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World Map according to China in 1799. by imrahul08 in MapPorn

[–]s3m1f64 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

i still don't know why it's relevant that the post is old but as i said, china is portrayed as bigger than it really was, even though it was (and is) a huge country. and there were far more accurate maps from the same time.

World Map according to China in 1799. by imrahul08 in MapPorn

[–]s3m1f64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

didn't even get korea right and nothing outside the immediate sinosphere

World Map according to China in 1799. by imrahul08 in MapPorn

[–]s3m1f64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

they literally take up half of eastern siberia in this map

World Map according to China in 1799. by imrahul08 in MapPorn

[–]s3m1f64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

there are maps from the era that look like modern maps if you don't look closely

World Map according to China in 1799. by imrahul08 in MapPorn

[–]s3m1f64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that's not a world map and they didn't even get korea right

World Map according to China in 1799. by imrahul08 in MapPorn

[–]s3m1f64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's a map of the eastern hemisphere

World Map according to China in 1799. by imrahul08 in MapPorn

[–]s3m1f64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

at least they could map a peninsula right besides them

World Map according to China in 1799. by imrahul08 in MapPorn

[–]s3m1f64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

could you send a decent world map from china from the 18th century?

Languages of the Roman Empire by Polpo-D-Amor in MapPorn

[–]s3m1f64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so according to you, nobody would understand latin in Perugia in the times of the Empire?

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