Here is a historic, nautical map by Portuguese cartographer Pedro Reinel in 1504. This map is one of the first based on astronomical observations and to depict a scale of latitudes. It is showing Europe and north Africa. Taken from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munchen.

 

Pedro Reinel in 16th century

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