the world map taught in European Schools 2,200 years ago. (Around 200 BC)
Notice how India is shown at the lower right corner as a square country with a slight peninsular extension.
Yes, its surprising to see India being labelled "India" even 2,200 years ago.
In fact, it was called "India" even 6000 years ago. Names of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Africa is the dark continent, only 20% of it was explored. Island named Taprobane (Adjacent to India and below it) which is actually the ancient name for Sri Lanka. No America in the map because it was not discovered at that time.
This version of the map was created by a Greek named Eratosthenes using inputs from Alexander the Great.
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