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

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's the Mercator projection. The map behind it is just a normal map we're used to seeing since it matches up fairly well it must be the same projection.

[–] Huschke 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

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