Hvor stod han for at tegne verdenskortet?
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Verdenskort adskiller sig også ved den globale viden, der er nødvendig for at konstruere dem. Før den europæiske renæssance kunne man ikke konstruere et meningsfuldt kort over verden, fordi mindre end halvdelen af jordens kystlinjer, for slet ikke at tale om de indre regioner, var kendt af nogen kultur. Ny viden om jordens overflade er blevet akkumuleret lige siden og fortsætter den dag i dag.
World maps are also distinct for the global knowledge required to construct them. A meaningful map of the world could not be constructed before the European Renaissance because less than half of the earth's coastlines, let alone its interior regions, were known to any culture. New knowledge of the Earth's surface has been accumulating ever since and continues to this day.
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