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Mapping the Mediterranean

Explore ancient and modern Mediterranean mapping traditions, from the detailed Peutinger Tabula to Ptolemaic measurements. Discover how maps evolved with urban mapping, woodcut maps, and Napoleonic cartography, capturing the region's essence through personal experiences. Delve into the significance of locations within the Mediterranean, bridging past and present with archaeological contexts.

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Mapping the Mediterranean

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  1. Mapping the Mediterranean

  2. Early Traditions • Itineraria adnotata and Itineraria picta • No strong evidence for Greek or Roman pictorial maps • Area understood relationally through distances and personal experience • Value attached to places within the region

  3. The Peutinger Tabula: Map made in 14th century, based on 4th century Roman cursus publicus Rome

  4. Claudius Ptolemaeus: Lived in 2nd century CE, but the maps that survive that are based on his principles and measurements date to no earlier than the 14th-15th century. These maps, as with many others, treat the coast with a great deal of accuracy, but do not capture inland spaces with the same accuracy.

  5. Ptolemaic map of Italy

  6. Woodcut map of the Aegean Sea: 1545

  7. Urban Mapping: Italian map of Constantinople and Pera, 1485.

  8. Napoleonic Mapping of Europe

  9. Modern Mapping Archaeological contexts: the map as standardized backdrop.

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