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What 16th century Ottomans thought Europe looked like on top of an actual map of Europe (files.catbox.moe)
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[โ€“] Huschke@programming.dev 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It's noticeable different at the top though, so I doubt they were using the same projection as us.

[โ€“] HereIAm@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

The geography itself is mapped completely differently, I assume they just didn't make many expeditions that far north.