Looking at Interesting Old Maps for 10 Minutes
Most of my videos focus on one or a set of related maps but in this video, we’re going to look at random old maps ranging from the 16th to the 19th century that I just find interesting. Let’s jump right in.
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Modern maps just aren't as fun without the monsters!
@GeographyGeek
Жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@caseysmith544
Жыл бұрын
Yes, but some of the pre WWII maps and globes after the age of the Monsters have the big whales, big octopus, big squid, and sharks on them as they were new discoveries.
@devy024
Жыл бұрын
@@caseysmith544 I doubt these were just art work to fill up blank ocean space. Good point. The existence of the big squid wasn't really recognized until recent history, at least this is what I remember and I also remember trying to find out info on it and couldn't. Until I was in Sarasota and saw one that wasn't huge, but it wasn't that little guy either.
@vanbalzup6481
4 күн бұрын
There was no need anymore. They were only there to hide the Americas from market competition. Phoenician merchants have been sailing to the Americas for millenia, hence why DNA from descendants of the Aztec empire (Phoenician) ctraces back to the middle east. Flat earth propaganda was created by the Phoenicians for this same purpose. Keep the competition out of their metals monopoly, principally gold, silver and of course, copper.
While these old maps are not as accurate as modern ones, I think it is interesting that they are so accurate. An interesting video would be on how ancient explorers drew such accurate maps since they had no aerial view at all.
@Shiodiodia
Жыл бұрын
meth
@Shiodiodia
Жыл бұрын
i mean math
@studypartner9643
Жыл бұрын
They did have balloons and flight, found in many Egyptian hieroglyphics, caves and more
@chickentoucher55
Жыл бұрын
@@studypartner9643 they also did a lot of DMT
@Hennannice
Жыл бұрын
@@Shiodiodia nice save bro
5:52 Well, that's a Seahorse. Can't really argue with that
@GeographyGeek
Жыл бұрын
True lol
Could you analyze maps of Eastern Europe, I find it so interesting that it was pretty unknown till the age of discovery too
My undergrad was in cartography and spatial analysis. I don't work in that field anymore, and I was more of an old globe collector, but this takes me back to history classes on the topic. Nice video.
'Several monsters are drawn on the map..' Gonna do that like a boss in my arcgis class🌚
@GeographyGeek
Жыл бұрын
Deserves extra credit
That last map had interesting proportions! Almost like the curve of the earth viewed from an angle
Very nice video. You missed a very nice detail on the map shown around 9:20 though :) Japan is shown horizontally, in stead of vertically. This is because the Dutch had to go of Chinese map (which showed it as seen from mainland China and not orientated northward). The Dutch were told that they'd lose all access to Deshima (the only international trading town in Japan) if they circumnavigated Japan.
Thank you for the bison herd map and your commentary; I have never seen or heard of it and feel blessed today to find the info. Thank you so much.
So cool! The drawings of the cities is very interesting
I cant get enough of this stuff. I love it. Great video
Just love the beauty of the design of these old maps. Works of art. 👌
Love it. Thank you!!
Great video, I have an old friend who used to say "Tierra del Fuego" when leaving. It sounded like "till we meet again" in some foreign language. It still gets a chuckle.
Your best videos, I love old maps!
new to the channel. but I can't get enough of it keep up the great job!
@GeographyGeek
Жыл бұрын
Happy you're here! I appreciate it!
I've always loved looking at maps. Not sure why but it just seems so interesting to see what other countries are like. Thanks for scratching my itch! ❤✌🇨🇦
pure gold. Thank you for posting.
@GeographyGeek
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
I like old maps as well. My favorite is an old 1850's one of Australia, which still had no lines on the coast of Victoria. Last of all major lines in the atlas we know today.
I've always been very interested in maps, I can point out any country on a globe instantly. Also, I can recognize nearly every single flag
@aiwithbri
Жыл бұрын
Same here.
I have had an obsession with old maps my whole life. Thank you❤️
@davidlanger3295
Жыл бұрын
Me too. I collect 17th and 18th century Caribbean maps
@aiwithbri
Жыл бұрын
I've had an obsession with ALL maps my whole life, and that will be 50 years next month 😮
I get a kick of old maps of North America where California is depicted as an island
@michaelfoulkes9502
Жыл бұрын
Makes you wonder if it could have been an island at one time.
@davidlanger3295
Жыл бұрын
@@michaelfoulkes9502 Sure but, not 400 years ago
@jameshughes131
Жыл бұрын
@@davidlanger3295 actual yes according to native American legend . Socal has evidence of it.
@davidlanger3295
Жыл бұрын
@@jameshughes131 I don’t know where you got your information but, when I researched the subject, it was ONLY the Spanish who originated this idea
@jameshughes131
Жыл бұрын
@@davidlanger3295 socal has areas below sea level that was filled 400 years ago. Not to mention floods 1900s turned Cali into water ways
Wow the map it is very interesting THANK you very much for having time in showing it
I love old maps and depictions.
Excellent. Check out the Piri Reis map.
Great video as always.
@GeographyGeek
Жыл бұрын
I appreciate it
Fun fact of old spanish: the letter X was pronounced as 'sh', so conquistadors would say 'Meshico'. The sound later change to a modern J sound but original topographical names remained. That's why Mexico, still with an X, is pronounced Mejico today
@flintsky7706
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the letter X was also pronounced as “SH” in Nahua and most indigenous languages. You fool.
The map of Virginia at 4:00 reminds me of the infamous New Yorker cover showing Manhattan in detail and then the rest of the country beyond the Hudson. "Here's Virginia. The Hudson River is just a little bit this way, and San Francisco is just a little bit the other way." :D
Letsgoooo another one
Great video thank you 👍🏻
@GeographyGeek
17 күн бұрын
Thank you for watching!
How long does it usually take you to make a video from start to finish?
@GeographyGeek
Жыл бұрын
Just depends. This video took me two and a half days. The "How a Map Mistake Led to the Founding of New York City" I believe took me 15 days of full-time work because of the research that went into it. On average they probably take me 7 days of full-time work.
The title of this video too accurately describes my idea of a good time.
it was useful for my old map activity
Funny thing about the Ziphius is that an actual fish kinda did the same. The Cookiecutter Shark actually made holes in submarines 70s
The giant that pointed to the sky is very interesting
Have you noticed the disappearance or extinction of sea dragons? I've always read about it in historical books
0:12 | 1578 A.D. - South America, by Dutch cartographer Cornelius de [Yoda?] 3:45 | 1651 A.D. - Virginia Colony, by [English] mapmaker John [Far?] 4:58 | 1539 A.D. - Scandinavian and Baltic Sea/Arctic Ocean, drawn by [various?] 5:41 | 1570 A.D. - Iceland and the Arctic Ocean, [auth?] 6:53 | 1624 A.D. - Atlas of the World, "Lumen Historiarum," [auth?] 7:23 | 1738 A.D. - Map of London circa 1560, [auth?] 7:49 | 1619 A.D. - [Zalum] Province of the Nederlands, drafted by Gerardus Mercator 8:19 | 1889 A.D. - Map showing the range of North American bison, found in William T. Hornaday's book "Extermination of the American Bison" 8:54 | 1636 A.D. - Map of Far East Asia, created by [Yota] Casandes 9:24 | 1507 A.D. - "America's Birth Certificate," First Map of the New World called by name, done by [unknown] German Cartographer Got lazy to go and found everything so I put things I couldn't figure out in brackets. Last one is probably findable at Library of Congress gov site
@vif3182
Жыл бұрын
also done in chronological order cause neat, 9:24 | 1507 A.D. - "America's Birth Certificate," First Map of the New World called by name, done by [unknown] German Cartographer 4:58 | 1539 A.D. - Scandinavian and Baltic Sea/Arctic Ocean, drawn by [various?] 5:41 | 1570 A.D. - Iceland and the Arctic Ocean, [auth?] 0:12 | 1578 A.D. - South America, by Dutch cartographer Cornelius de [Yoda?] 7:49 | 1619 A.D. - [Zalum] Province of the Nederlands, drafted by Gerardus Mercator 6:53 | 1624 A.D. - Atlas of the World, "Lumen Historiarum," [auth?] 8:54 | 1636 A.D. - Map of Far East Asia, created by [Yota] Casandes 3:44 | 1651 A.D. - Virginia Colony, by [English] mapmaker John [Far?] 7:23 | 1738 A.D. - Map of London circa 1560, [auth?] 8:19 | 1889 A.D. - Map showing the range of North American bison, found in William T. Hornaday's book "Extermination of the American Bison"
@aiwithbri
Жыл бұрын
I was like, "Yoda???"
@pietjemol3420
Ай бұрын
Cornelius de Jode... Jode in Dutch must mean "Of the Jews"...
Any big video plans when you inevitably reach 100k subscribers?
@GeographyGeek
Жыл бұрын
I've been thinking about that. I have some ideas but nothing set in stone yet.
@detectivepigeon5938
Жыл бұрын
@@GeographyGeek the entire history of the world, geography edition:)
@GeographyGeek
Жыл бұрын
@@detectivepigeon5938 that might take awhile lol
@detectivepigeon5938
Жыл бұрын
@@GeographyGeek 200k special maybe? Or go continent by continent. That might make a good series
Do you have any maps from the time of Noah or from before the flood?
Mention the Peri Reis maps. Peri Reis was a Turkish admiral who has almost accurate maps of the world which depicted the contents accurately. It also showed Antarctica which is shown as divided land. It also depicted the Island os Atlantis ( A legend by pluto).
There’s a whole bunch of maps with Antarctica surrounding the entire world too. You should show some of them too, beings that’s what most of the old maps looked like.
Terra Incognita/Parts Unknown (RIP Ultimate Warrior 🙏💪🏽) & Here be Dragons 🐉 🐾🐻
If you wanna see the more strange wild animals, keep care our nature. Lets them living healthy. Nice work of video keep going, greeting from Malaysia🇲🇾🌍
Emperor's new groove
I love how anyone talking about lake Titicaca has to reference the Animaniacs song big mentioning that it's between Bolivia and Peru. Like, it's just necessary. lol
Imagine making a trip across the Atlantic thinking you can just cut through but the map they gave you was wrong
Chili and Perv, my favorite places.
It's funny, I've tried watching this video multiple times. I can't get past the first map without going into a rabbit hole on Google and Wikipedia, then returning. Lmao
@GeographyGeek
Жыл бұрын
I feel you lol. That’s me everyday. It’s why it takes me weeks to make a video.
considering they sighted polar bears and narwhals and later giant squid and other rare but verified creatures, who is to say the monsters weren't just badly drawn extinct animals. we have barely explored the ocean and can't presume to know of every extinct species that has ever existed.
Waldseemuller Map is the last one. When the U.S. bought that map, I thought is was one of three left. Is it the only one left?
@GeographyGeek
Жыл бұрын
If you count the globe gores there are actually a few more.
@coyote4237
Жыл бұрын
@@GeographyGeek Thank you for the reply.
3:54 is not year 1635 but j635 which means after Jesus year 635. Also at 3:59 says Anno i577 which means year 577
:15 for being over 400 years old I say that map is fairly accurate. Especially considering there are nonexistent sea serpents frolicking in the water on either side of the continent.
I could do this for hours, days, months, years.
Maps and Flagstaff 😊😊😊
Definitely need to bring monsters back into the game
Where do you buy your maps?
@GeographyGeek
8 күн бұрын
RareMaps.com but I don’t own very many originals. It’s an expensive hobby.
You may find our antique map collation of interest....
Charles Hapgood. Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings
0:31 look where the equator is at?
M8 that has to be the most tailored to me clickbait title ever Lesss gooo
I have many maps. I love collecting them. I was born way to late.
I got a question... Is there a scientific reason the continents seem to balance themselves out over the globe? I mean, suppose Antarctica was not there. Then that means the center of mass of the earth would be slightly further north. This would make the ball of water that covers the earth shift just as much northward. This would then thin out the above-water northern continents, and since the ball of water is now further northward, maybe even some of the south pole floor, where you previously took away the antarctica landmass, now shows up as dry land (since the would-be southern-most edge of the now-more-northern water ball is now Below(further north of) where the southpole land extent is now), thusly RE-balancing out the dry lands across the world. The same affect you can see would occur no matter Where you removed or added extra land to. Does anyone know if the above logic holds up accurately, scientifically?
That Ziphus monster looks like the American flag, I know there's two monsters there but still, if you hadn't said owl head, I would of thought it was an Egale head 😅
When the giant was dancing around in Patagonia was he pointing his middle finger?
Bro just imagine if you read the description of aztecs cities “Decorations of flowers and human blood, multiple sacrifices of living men a day” Id wipe them out too if I were spanish
ah, i want to draw maps like these. how can i learn it? i would appreciate it if anyone helps.
Can somebody explain how they got the US so accurate in 1889. Math and a lot of exploration and perfection over the years is my guess but I wanna know for sure.
@draculastraphouse6637
Жыл бұрын
I think you just answered your own question, math and continual exploration/trial and error. They had no way of ever seeing the land from the sky looking down
@devy024
Жыл бұрын
That's not just all they had. But if we are to believe history, it would have been by explorers, fur trappers and soldiers riding on steam boats or horses. These places weren't empty either, they could have just asked the thousands who lived in Montana at the time. Keep asking and researching and you will find your answers. Custer took a train to Bismarck, North Dakota in 1876 and if you study what happened at the Little Big Horn you would think they had few maps and had never been there before. They give us one paddle boat but even that one doesn't seem to know where to "ferry" the men and how long it should take. However the wounded and higher ups did steam back to Bismarck in record time.
@maximipe
Жыл бұрын
Not that surprising considering the french were using the repeating circle for accurate definitions of the meter almost a century before that.
@devy024
Жыл бұрын
@@maximipe Thank you for the info. I'm trying to learn what I can before the books are gone and the history is completely changed. Again.
@MrLinkiscute
Жыл бұрын
Plane table survey since the 1500's at least
Interesting how they had knowledge of giants in South America.
Here’s a challenge. Do a video about Jamaica’s history and what’s happening.
@Ste2023
Жыл бұрын
Full of lazy People
0:23 ironic as that's where their from
i would love to get an accurate world map , cut all the pieces out and see how all the lands fit together like a puzzle 🤔🤔🤔
Change it to monster geek bruh
Early Antarctica maps basically prove we've been lied to, for a loooong time.
@keymash-aimciamciamalk8630
Жыл бұрын
...how?
@Ste2023
Жыл бұрын
What u mean
@bloodorange6713
Жыл бұрын
Lol
@notsamhoward
Жыл бұрын
Early Antarctica maps were a guess because it was a common belief in western Europe that there was some land mass at the bottom, but no one saw it, atleast that we know, till the late 1800s
@june049
Жыл бұрын
I saw an old map with NY above California 🤷🏽♀️. So confusing
I thought 10 mins of map yeah right! 10 mins later... Awe it's over.
@GeographyGeek
Жыл бұрын
Don’t worry! More old map videos to come. Thanks for watching!
Add mad youtube has become greedy
Monsters And giants? What does that got to do with a map?
How do you know they wernt accurate and the sea monsters did actually existed an was bigger than islands
Please add English subtitle
No more than humans knew at that time in history, I doubt if it's important .
old maps, primarily based on landmarks and easily recognized features. Mountains, cities and even depictions of people. But no one mentions what they don't have, pyramids????? none of the old maps even Napoleons maps made when he went to egypt show any sign of pyramids. when the first do appear later on maps they are the tall skinny pyramids like those in bosnia??????
@GeographyGeek
10 ай бұрын
I have a map in my house from 1610 that shows the Pyramids.
Montte-zumba??
@holabuenas7200
Жыл бұрын
I'm Spanish, It was usual back in the day to call him "Montezuma"
@flintsky7706
Жыл бұрын
He’s a white boy, give him a break
There are deeper reasons behind what happened between Japan and christianity. Not so much an unexpected response to what was done for the time period, really.
Don't you DARE utter the name Montezu-
Pause more, Cuzco went too fast
Magellan and his crew apparently only explored the northern part of Tierra del Fuego, so they thought it was a continent and not an island
131st
The music is distracting
I Love Jonna Napire 🧡💛❤ March 27, 2024
Maybe you should tell the flat earth community 😂
im not sure you know how to pronounce whale lol
Why would they put these creatures there if they didn't exist? Kings used to send people out to slay these creatures.u weren't there , so don't assume things by today's reality. They used to not believe gorillas existed
The map of London made me sad.......so much history there, but now over-run with immigrants. R.I.P. Old England
The way you say potato. Makes me feel so American with you. We’re Kin.
These are very interesting maps. Just found your channel. Loving it. I just purchased a map of Jerusalem by Christian Van Adrichem from 1584. There are so many great pictures on it you might find interesting. Maybe you can give us a review of it? here is a link to the map en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_van_Adrichem#/media/File:Jerusalem_map_van-Adrichem_1584.jpg
These maps have errors and should be discarded.
@andrejmicic5192
4 күн бұрын
It’s history it should be preserved