Wordless Wednesday - Peutinger Tablet
Wednesday November 12, 2008
Section of the Tabula Peutingeriana showing the Dalmatian coast and more. Public Domain. Part of Konrad Millerīs facsimile from 1887.
Section of the Tabula Peutingeriana showing the Dalmatian coast and more. Public Domain. Part of Konrad Millerīs facsimile from 1887.
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Now that is cool! And boy, am I sure glad we have the word ‘map’ instead of ‘planisphere’! Could you imagine having to type in planispherequest.com all the time??
Amazing to think that this would have been as amazing to people of its time as GPS technology is to us.
I sometimes get confused when looking at material written in other languages about maps.