Old Map of Cairo in 1572 by Georg Braun - River Nile, Giza, Egypt, Great Pyramids & Sphinx, Ottoman Empire berwickshire Isle of Skye and Isle

Isle of Skye and Isle of Arran

and briefly as far east as Iran

Back in the 1700s

another option would be this amazing map of Wales by John Speed in 1610

The Danube and Sava rivers are very clearly marked

Old Map of Cairo in 1572 by Georg Braun - River Nile, Giza, Egypt, Great Pyramids & Sphinx, Ottoman Empire berwickshire Isle of Skye and IslePublished in 1572 by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg, this is the oldest full, true map of Cairo. If Shakespeare ever visited Cairo, this is what it would've looked like. This map was first published in Civitates Orbis Terrarum the Cities of the World which was a cartographical masterpiece featuring 546 maps. Originally handcoloured almost 450 years ago, this is one of the finest examples of this map that I've ever seen. This map was published when