Geographical Systems of the Ancients

Caption

Georgraphical Systems of the Ancients

Summary

This map shows ancient views of the world according to various historical figures: Herodotus, Hecataeus, Ephorus, the Geographer of Ravenna, Homerus, Timosthenes, Dionysus Periegetes, Strabo, Pomponius Mela, Ptolemy, and Eratosthenes.

Source

Dr. William’s Smith’s Ancient Atlas

Produced by John Murray, London, 1874. Drawn by Dr. Charles Muller.

Copyright status

The map is out of copyright. It was published in 1874.