Ottoman Map of the World, 1803

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MrBananaz on September 1st, 2017 at 06:33 UTC »

Maps with New Zeeland

(edit: seems I fucked up the name, but the Dutch agree with me...so Zeeland it is)

teh_fizz on September 1st, 2017 at 07:35 UTC »

It's amazing how much of it is so close to Arabic. A lot of the spelling and pronunciation of names has changed in modern times. Australia is called "Noholandah". Anyone have any knowledge on this?

giveme50dollars on September 1st, 2017 at 08:58 UTC »

I wonder if Japan looks so small and weird because it was very isolated at the time?