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

submitted 1 year ago by Blaze@reddthat.com to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 59 points 1 year 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.

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