Looking at Interesting Old Maps for 10 Minutes

Most of my videos focus on one or a set of related maps but in this video, we’re going to look at random old maps ranging from the 16th to the 19th century that I just find interesting. Let’s jump right in.
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[@GeographyWorld]

Modern maps just aren't as fun without the monsters!

[@GeographyGeek]

Agreed!

[@caseysmith544]

Yes, but some of the pre WWII maps and globes after the age of the Monsters have the big whales, big octopus, big squid, and sharks on them as they were new discoveries.

[@devy024]

@@caseysmith544 I doubt these were just art work to fill up blank ocean space. Good point. The existence of the big squid wasn't really recognized until recent history, at least this is what I remember and I also remember trying to find out info on it and couldn't. Until I was in Sarasota and saw one that wasn't huge, but it wasn't that little guy either.

[@WyomingTraveler]

While these old maps are not as accurate as modern ones, I think it is interesting that they are so accurate. An interesting video would be on how ancient explorers drew such accurate maps since they had no aerial view at all.

[@Shiodiodia]

meth

[@Shiodiodia]

i mean math

[@studypartner9643]

They did have balloons and flight, found in many Egyptian hieroglyphics, caves and more

[@chickentoucher55]

@@studypartner9643 they also did a lot of DMT

[@Hennannice]

@@Shiodiodia nice save bro

[@geomidia8998]

5:52 Well, that's a Seahorse. Can't really argue with that

[@GeographyGeek]

True lol

[@Ammmssk]

Could you analyze maps of Eastern Europe, I find it so interesting that it was pretty unknown till the age of discovery too

[@nugget0428]

That last map had interesting proportions! Almost like the curve of the earth viewed from an angle

[@alexghbs]

Very nice video. You missed a very nice detail on the map shown around 9:20 though :) Japan is shown horizontally, in stead of vertically. This is because the Dutch had to go of Chinese map (which showed it as seen from mainland China and not orientated northward). The Dutch were told that they'd lose all access to Deshima (the only international trading town in Japan) if they circumnavigated Japan.

[@arghyadipsen2429]

'Several monsters are drawn on the map..' Gonna do that like a boss in my arcgis class🌚

[@GeographyGeek]

Deserves extra credit

[@TheGryfonclaw]

My undergrad was in cartography and spatial analysis. I don't work in that field anymore, and I was more of an old globe collector, but this takes me back to history classes on the topic. Nice video.

[@davidlanger3295]

I get a kick of old maps of North America where California is depicted as an island

[@michaelfoulkes9502]

Makes you wonder if it could have been an island at one time.

[@davidlanger3295]

@@michaelfoulkes9502 Sure but, not 400 years ago

[@jameshughes131]

@@davidlanger3295 actual yes according to native American legend . Socal has evidence of it.

[@davidlanger3295]

@@jameshughes131 I don’t know where you got your information but, when I researched the subject, it was ONLY the Spanish who originated this idea

[@jameshughes131]

@@davidlanger3295 socal has areas below sea level that was filled 400 years ago. Not to mention floods 1900s turned Cali into water ways

[@isahighlander4825]

I like old maps as well. My favorite is an old 1850's one of Australia, which still had no lines on the coast of Victoria. Last of all major lines in the atlas we know today.

[@devy024]

Thank you for the bison herd map and your commentary; I have never seen or heard of it and feel blessed today to find the info. Thank you so much.

[@lronbutters5688]

So cool! The drawings of the cities is very interesting

[@donwaltman4276]

Great video, I have an old friend who used to say "Tierra del Fuego" when leaving. It sounded like "till we meet again" in some foreign language. It still gets a chuckle.

[@theinnerlight8016]

Just love the beauty of the design of these old maps. Works of art. 👌

[@lionelmassey5365]

I cant get enough of this stuff. I love it. Great video

[@draculastraphouse6637]

I've always been very interested in maps, I can point out any country on a globe instantly. Also, I can recognize nearly every single flag

[@aiwithbri]

Same here.

[@sueparras6028]

I've always loved looking at maps. Not sure why but it just seems so interesting to see what other countries are like. Thanks for scratching my itch! ❤✌🇨🇦

[@Pidgey650]

new to the channel. but I can't get enough of it keep up the great job!

[@GeographyGeek]

Happy you're here! I appreciate it!

[@principalmcvicker6530]

Your best videos, I love old maps!

[@leebyrd1434]

Love it. Thank you!!

[@areasonableperson24]

I have had an obsession with old maps my whole life. Thank you❤️

[@davidlanger3295]

Me too. I collect 17th and 18th century Caribbean maps

[@aiwithbri]

I've had an obsession with ALL maps my whole life, and that will be 50 years next month 😮

[@hamish1309]

Excellent. Check out the Piri Reis map.

[@maximipe]

Fun fact of old spanish: the letter X was pronounced as 'sh', so conquistadors would say 'Meshico'. The sound later change to a modern J sound but original topographical names remained. That's why Mexico, still with an X, is pronounced Mejico today

[@flintsky7706]

Fun fact: the letter X was also pronounced as “SH” in Nahua and most indigenous languages. You fool.

[@marylavine2632]

I love old maps and depictions.

[@wilsonli5642]

The map of Virginia at 4:00 reminds me of the infamous New Yorker cover showing Manhattan in detail and then the rest of the country beyond the Hudson. "Here's Virginia. The Hudson River is just a little bit this way, and San Francisco is just a little bit the other way." :D

[@Redmenace96]

pure gold. Thank you for posting.

[@GeographyGeek]

Thanks for watching!

[@vif3182]

0:12 | 1578 A.D. - South America, by Dutch cartographer Cornelius de [Yoda?] 3:45 | 1651 A.D. - Virginia Colony, by [English] mapmaker John [Far?] 4:58 | 1539 A.D. - Scandinavian and Baltic Sea/Arctic Ocean, drawn by [various?] 5:41 | 1570 A.D. - Iceland and the Arctic Ocean, [auth?] 6:53 | 1624 A.D. - Atlas of the World, "Lumen Historiarum," [auth?] 7:23 | 1738 A.D. - Map of London circa 1560, [auth?] 7:49 | 1619 A.D. - [Zalum] Province of the Nederlands, drafted by Gerardus Mercator 8:19 | 1889 A.D. - Map showing the range of North American bison, found in William T. Hornaday's book "Extermination of the American Bison" 8:54 | 1636 A.D. - Map of Far East Asia, created by [Yota] Casandes 9:24 | 1507 A.D. - "America's Birth Certificate," First Map of the New World called by name, done by [unknown] German Cartographer Got lazy to go and found everything so I put things I couldn't figure out in brackets. Last one is probably findable at Library of Congress gov site

[@vif3182]

also done in chronological order cause neat, 9:24 | 1507 A.D. - "America's Birth Certificate," First Map of the New World called by name, done by [unknown] German Cartographer 4:58 | 1539 A.D. - Scandinavian and Baltic Sea/Arctic Ocean, drawn by [various?] 5:41 | 1570 A.D. - Iceland and the Arctic Ocean, [auth?] 0:12 | 1578 A.D. - South America, by Dutch cartographer Cornelius de [Yoda?] 7:49 | 1619 A.D. - [Zalum] Province of the Nederlands, drafted by Gerardus Mercator 6:53 | 1624 A.D. - Atlas of the World, "Lumen Historiarum," [auth?] 8:54 | 1636 A.D. - Map of Far East Asia, created by [Yota] Casandes 3:44 | 1651 A.D. - Virginia Colony, by [English] mapmaker John [Far?] 7:23 | 1738 A.D. - Map of London circa 1560, [auth?] 8:19 | 1889 A.D. - Map showing the range of North American bison, found in William T. Hornaday's book "Extermination of the American Bison"

[@aiwithbri]

I was like, "Yoda???"

[@pietjemol3420]

Cornelius de Jode... Jode in Dutch must mean "Of the Jews"...

[@lizettramos6422]

Wow the map it is very interesting THANK you very much for having time in showing it

[@AnonymousBosch3158]

Great video as always.

[@GeographyGeek]

I appreciate it

[@iPhone3GBro]

The giant that pointed to the sky is very interesting

[@USGovsOwnersRtheRealEnemy]

There’s a whole bunch of maps with Antarctica surrounding the entire world too. You should show some of them too, beings that’s what most of the old maps looked like.

[@theScrupulousBerserker]

Terra Incognita/Parts Unknown (RIP Ultimate Warrior 🙏💪🏽) & Here be Dragons 🐉 🐾🐻

[@detectivepigeon5938]

How long does it usually take you to make a video from start to finish?

[@GeographyGeek]

Just depends. This video took me two and a half days. The "How a Map Mistake Led to the Founding of New York City" I believe took me 15 days of full-time work because of the research that went into it. On average they probably take me 7 days of full-time work.

[@detectivepigeon5938]

Letsgoooo another one

[@cyrilio]

Funny thing about the Ziphius is that an actual fish kinda did the same. The Cookiecutter Shark actually made holes in submarines 70s

[@kalpanamuniraj7316]

it was useful for my old map activity

[@dan.urquhart]

considering they sighted polar bears and narwhals and later giant squid and other rare but verified creatures, who is to say the monsters weren't just badly drawn extinct animals. we have barely explored the ocean and can't presume to know of every extinct species that has ever existed.

[@medusagorgon8432]

I could do this for hours, days, months, years.

[@Tanookicatoon]

I love how anyone talking about lake Titicaca has to reference the Animaniacs song big mentioning that it's between Bolivia and Peru. Like, it's just necessary. lol

[@SultanBenhadi]

Have you noticed the disappearance or extinction of sea dragons? I've always read about it in historical books

[@randallross420]

Chili and Perv, my favorite places.

[@golferorb]

Any big video plans when you inevitably reach 100k subscribers?

[@GeographyGeek]

I've been thinking about that. I have some ideas but nothing set in stone yet.

[@detectivepigeon5938]

@@GeographyGeek the entire history of the world, geography edition:)

[@GeographyGeek]

@@detectivepigeon5938 that might take awhile lol

[@detectivepigeon5938]

@@GeographyGeek 200k special maybe? Or go continent by continent. That might make a good series

[@pinkiesue849]

Do you have any maps from the time of Noah or from before the flood?

[@user-zn6bn9cu3k]

Maps and Flagstaff 😊😊😊

[@Lu_Cypher]

Imagine making a trip across the Atlantic thinking you can just cut through but the map they gave you was wrong

[@stevencrane7342]

Charles Hapgood. Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings

[@kushpack4668]

Emperor's new groove

[@andrewhannam.]

You may find our antique map collation of interest....

[@livegaminggz]

If you wanna see the more strange wild animals, keep care our nature. Lets them living healthy. Nice work of video keep going, greeting from Malaysia🇲🇾🌍

[@the_original_Bilb_Ono]

It's funny, I've tried watching this video multiple times. I can't get past the first map without going into a rabbit hole on Google and Wikipedia, then returning. Lmao

[@GeographyGeek]

I feel you lol. That’s me everyday. It’s why it takes me weeks to make a video.

[@coyote4237]

Waldseemuller Map is the last one. When the U.S. bought that map, I thought is was one of three left. Is it the only one left?

[@GeographyGeek]

If you count the globe gores there are actually a few more.

[@coyote4237]

@@GeographyGeek Thank you for the reply.

[@billbixby557]

:15 for being over 400 years old I say that map is fairly accurate. Especially considering there are nonexistent sea serpents frolicking in the water on either side of the continent.

[@farscape1714]

0:31 look where the equator is at?

[@Dynaboy1]

3:54 is not year 1635 but j635 which means after Jesus year 635. Also at 3:59 says Anno i577 which means year 577

[@wealldieatthehandsoflovedones]

I have many maps. I love collecting them. I was born way to late.

[@alternativeharvey7]

Definitely need to bring monsters back into the game

[@jezusbloodie]

M8 that has to be the most tailored to me clickbait title ever Lesss gooo

[@embo4887]

Can somebody explain how they got the US so accurate in 1889. Math and a lot of exploration and perfection over the years is my guess but I wanna know for sure.

[@draculastraphouse6637]

I think you just answered your own question, math and continual exploration/trial and error. They had no way of ever seeing the land from the sky looking down

[@devy024]

That's not just all they had. But if we are to believe history, it would have been by explorers, fur trappers and soldiers riding on steam boats or horses. These places weren't empty either, they could have just asked the thousands who lived in Montana at the time. Keep asking and researching and you will find your answers. Custer took a train to Bismarck, North Dakota in 1876 and if you study what happened at the Little Big Horn you would think they had few maps and had never been there before. They give us one paddle boat but even that one doesn't seem to know where to "ferry" the men and how long it should take. However the wounded and higher ups did steam back to Bismarck in record time.

[@maximipe]

Not that surprising considering the french were using the repeating circle for accurate definitions of the meter almost a century before that.

[@devy024]

@@maximipe Thank you for the info. I'm trying to learn what I can before the books are gone and the history is completely changed. Again.

[@MrLinkiscute]

Plane table survey since the 1500's at least

[@drekodre816]

Here’s a challenge. Do a video about Jamaica’s history and what’s happening.

[@Ste2023]

Full of lazy People

[@ThePointlessBox_]

Bro just imagine if you read the description of aztecs cities “Decorations of flowers and human blood, multiple sacrifices of living men a day” Id wipe them out too if I were spanish

[@michaelfoulkes9502]

Interesting how they had knowledge of giants in South America.

[@mickeyjo8897]

That Ziphus monster looks like the American flag, I know there's two monsters there but still, if you hadn't said owl head, I would of thought it was an Egale head 😅

[@mdj.6179]

When the giant was dancing around in Patagonia was he pointing his middle finger?

[@davehoward22]

0:23 ironic as that's where their from

[@albagubrath0098]

ah, i want to draw maps like these. how can i learn it? i would appreciate it if anyone helps.

[@user-ts6su4pd3t]

I got a question... Is there a scientific reason the continents seem to balance themselves out over the globe? I mean, suppose Antarctica was not there. Then that means the center of mass of the earth would be slightly further north. This would make the ball of water that covers the earth shift just as much northward. This would then thin out the above-water northern continents, and since the ball of water is now further northward, maybe even some of the south pole floor, where you previously took away the antarctica landmass, now shows up as dry land (since the would-be southern-most edge of the now-more-northern water ball is now Below(further north of) where the southpole land extent is now), thusly RE-balancing out the dry lands across the world. The same affect you can see would occur no matter Where you removed or added extra land to. Does anyone know if the above logic holds up accurately, scientifically?

[@limeria9196]

i would love to get an accurate world map , cut all the pieces out and see how all the lands fit together like a puzzle 🤔🤔🤔

[@user-kx6qe3tq4l]

Add mad youtube has become greedy

[@Owl350]

No more than humans knew at that time in history, I doubt if it's important .

[@mandolorion8456]

I thought 10 mins of map yeah right! 10 mins later... Awe it's over.

[@GeographyGeek]

Don’t worry! More old map videos to come. Thanks for watching!

[@raymondstemmer887]

Monsters And giants? What does that got to do with a map?

[@SuryaBudimansyah]

Please add English subtitle

[@karljon3346]

How do you know they wernt accurate and the sea monsters did actually existed an was bigger than islands

[@infradig696]

Don't you DARE utter the name Montezu-

[@jackeddemon]

Montte-zumba??

[@holabuenas7200]

I'm Spanish, It was usual back in the day to call him "Montezuma"

[@flintsky7706]

He’s a white boy, give him a break

[@will7its]

Pause more, Cuzco went too fast

[@stephenmullenax4522]

Change it to monster geek bruh

[@standingbear998]

old maps, primarily based on landmarks and easily recognized features. Mountains, cities and even depictions of people. But no one mentions what they don't have, pyramids????? none of the old maps even Napoleons maps made when he went to egypt show any sign of pyramids. when the first do appear later on maps they are the tall skinny pyramids like those in bosnia??????

[@GeographyGeek]

I have a map in my house from 1610 that shows the Pyramids.

[@thunderhammerx2966]

There are deeper reasons behind what happened between Japan and christianity. Not so much an unexpected response to what was done for the time period, really.

[@user-ty6do8yz4l]

Early Antarctica maps basically prove we've been lied to, for a loooong time.

[@keymash-aimciamciamalk8630]

...how?

[@Ste2023]

What u mean

[@bloodorange6713]

Lol

[@notsamhoward]

Early Antarctica maps were a guess because it was a common belief in western Europe that there was some land mass at the bottom, but no one saw it, atleast that we know, till the late 1800s

[@june049]

I saw an old map with NY above California 🤷🏽‍♀️. So confusing

[@brianc9374]

The music is distracting

[@RonieNerbes-mt9ko]

I Love Jonna Napire 🧡💛❤ March 27, 2024

[@whatdoyouexactlymeanbyhandle]

131st

[@AtomicXagustin]

Magellan and his crew apparently only explored the northern part of Tierra del Fuego, so they thought it was a continent and not an island

[@ghostinthecodeRF]

Maybe you should tell the flat earth community 😂

[@lisaong3734]

Why would they put these creatures there if they didn't exist? Kings used to send people out to slay these creatures.u weren't there , so don't assume things by today's reality. They used to not believe gorillas existed

[@subaruthug]

The map of London made me sad.......so much history there, but now over-run with immigrants. R.I.P. Old England

[@chickenmaster66]

The way you say potato. Makes me feel so American with you. We’re Kin.

[@rosshere]

These are very interesting maps. Just found your channel. Loving it. I just purchased a map of Jerusalem by Christian Van Adrichem from 1584. There are so many great pictures on it you might find interesting. Maybe you can give us a review of it? here is a link to the map en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_van_Adrichem#/media/File:Jerusalem_map_van-Adrichem_1584.jpg

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

These maps have errors and should be discarded.