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Who was the first human to draw the map of earth?

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posted Dec 11, 2016 by Varuna Magar

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Anaximander was the first human to draw the map of earth.
In 6th century BC, he drew a map of the then known world, assuming that the earth was cylindrical. The first Greek to draw a world map using the assumption of a spherical earth was Eratosthenes.

answer Dec 28, 2016 by Amrita
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