who was the first map maker?

Question

who was the first map maker for the super contenet of Pangea

Answer 1

Actually, the first "map" would not be a map as you recognize it. Humans have been making maps for over 8,000 years. In fact, amazingly enough, the oldest map in the world, discovered in Ukraine in 1966, is from about 10,000 B.C. Inscribed on a mammoth tusk it was found in Mezhirich, Ukraine. It has been interpreted to show a river with dwellings along a river. However, the best claim to the title of "the earliest map in the world" appears on a beautifully engraved silver vase also from from the Ukraine. It was found in a Ukrainian tomb dated at 5,000 years old. It shows two rivers, a mountain range, a lake or sea and wild animals.

These primitive maps were likely used to show where sources of food and water were located. Again, not a mpa as you would think, but a map nonethe less, and still impressive considering how old they are.

Now, if you want the first map of Pangaea then look no further than Antonio Snider-Pellegrini who in 1858 created a map showing how the conitnents fit together. Though I wouldn't be surprised to find out that Abraham Ortelius in 1596 created a rough map as he coined the idea of moving continents. It was Alfred Wagener that made it a bonifide theory.

Answer 2

First Map Maker

Answer 3

Anaximander, Greek Anatolia, (610 BC-546 BC), first to attempt making a map of the known world. Considered the father of cartography.

Probably Alfred Weneger who came up with the concept of Pangea in 1920.

Answer 4

The name was first used by the German originator of the continental drift theory, Alfred Wegener, in the 1920 edition of his book The Origin of Continents and Oceans (Die Entstehung der Kontinente und Ozeane), in which a postulated supercontinent Pangaea played a key role.

Answer 5

I give up - some one is bound to say it was an american

PS How can any map maker "map" something that no longer exists. At best supposition, Extrapolation and (educated)guesswork.

That's not a "map" that's an explanatory diagram.

Answer 6

join history class,and study hard!!!!!!!!