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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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[-] niktemadur@lemmy.world 24 points 6 months ago

What kind of projection is being used? Because each type of map geometry distorts elements, such as the way Greenland looks huge on the Mercator maps.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 6 months ago

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@programming.dev 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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

[-] HereIAm@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

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

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