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World Map of Homer's "Odyssey"

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"For the paths of night and of day are near"--Odyssey, X 86.

Map of the Outer Geography of the Odyssey and the Form of the Earth According to Homer is a wonderful map of the creation of Homer (ca. before 900 BCE), across the Soundless Sea to the outer bounds of the paths of the oceans.

Source:

Map, 1870, from Johnston's The World, a Classical Atlas, 9x5 inches, printed in color (and relatively early for that process), and offered with explanatory sheet. $95

A fine collection of ten other Homeric World maps can be found (with a lengthy essay) at Cartographic Images, here.

And reference page for the map above:

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