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6500 BCE
Map of Catal Hyuk
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3000 BCE
Babylonian Clay Tablets
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600 BCE
Map of Babylonian Empire
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600 BCE
Pythagoras - Earth is a Sphere
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200 BCE
Eratosthenes - Circumference of the Earth
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150 BCE
Hipparchus - Latitude Based on Sun
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150
Ptolemy World Map
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476
Fall of Rome
Scientific Cartography Ceases in Europe -
830
Al-Khwarizmi - Arab World Map
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1030
Al-Biruni Triangulation
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1375
Abraham Cresques World Map
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1569
Gerardus Mercator - First Projection for Navigation
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Sextant Developed
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John Harrison Longitude at Sea
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Prime Meridian Greenwich
International Meridian Conference Greenwich as the Prime Meridian -
GIS and GPS
