Where can i see a copy of the oldest world map ever made?

Question

Where can i see a copy of the oldest world map ever made?

Answer 1

There are some very old maps of the world in Vatican City in Rome. But I'm not sure if they are the oldest.

Answer 2

Anaximander is said to have made the first map of the world. Although this map has been lost, we can imagine what it must have looked like, because Herodotus, who has seen such old maps, describes them. Anaximander's map must have been circular, like the top of his drum-shaped earth. The river Ocean surrounded it. The Mediterranean Sea was in the middle of the map, which was divided into two halves by a line that ran through Delphi, the world's navel. The northern half was called 'Europe', the southern half 'Asia'. The habitable world (Greek: 'oikoumenê') consisted of two relatively small strips of land to the north and south of the Mediterranean Sea (containing Spain, Italy, Greece, and Asia Minor on the one side, and Egypt and Libya on the other side), together with the lands to the east of the Mediterranean Sea: Palestine, Assyria, Persia, and Arabia. The lands to the north of this small 'habitable world' were the cold countries where mythical people lived. The lands to the south of it were the hot countries of the black burnt people.

Re-creation of Anaximander's world map.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Anaxi...

The "oldest surviving detailed world map".  Click on the link.

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/EMwebpag...

The "second oldest surviving world map from East Asia".  Shows Asia only.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kangn...

The Turin Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian map, generally considered the oldest surviving map of topographical interest from the ancient world.  The map was drawn about 1160 BC by the well-known Scribe-of-the-Tomb Amennakhte, son of Ipuy.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...