Question

In what ways were the the maps prepared by the British different from the the one made by ptolemy o r ID r i Si

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Answer:

• the maps prepared by the British were a sharp contrast to the maps prepared by the Greeks and the Arabs cartographers such as Ptolemy and Idrisi
• although these cartographers were successful in making some of the earliest maps of the world giving correct information of Europe and nearby places visited by sailers and traders they were not able to give much information about interiors of places. for example - map prepared by Al- Idrisi showed only northern parts of Africa and lacked details of southern Africa and southeast Africa
• however the maps prepared by the British gave detailed maps of the interiors of the countries . they also established a department called Survey of India .
• one of the most important geographical surveys was carried out in 1802 by William Lambton starting from Chennai in the south and to the Himalayas in the north in order to determine the length of a longitude and also the heights of various places

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