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OLD MAPS The Lower Danube

OLD MAPS The Lower Danube. Water - The Essence of Life Comenius 1.1 Project 2006-2007 National College Barbu Stirbei CALARASI, ROMANIA.

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OLD MAPS The Lower Danube

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  1. OLD MAPSThe Lower Danube Water - The Essence of Life Comenius 1.1 Project 2006-2007 National College Barbu Stirbei CALARASI, ROMANIA This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the contained therein.

  2. What can old maps tell us? • They provide a record of past landscapes and features that may no longer exist … • A record of environmental change.... • They reflect how we saw the world then

  3. Romania in 1543, by Johannes Honter

  4. Old map of Dacia, by Petrus Karlus Calavit (1571- c.1646)

  5. The course of the Danube river through Europe, 1681

  6. Map of Walachia, Romania, in Greek and Latin, 1700

  7. A map by T. Jefferys, 1785

  8. To look at a historical map is to step into the past; to look at an old map is also to see the world as it would have been seen by the elites, the government, the military, or the navigators of the day. Thank you for your attention. http://www.essence.shp.hu Water - The Essence of Life Comenius 1.1 Project 2006-2007 06-PS-N-58-CL-UK April 2007

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