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Mapping The World in the 7th Century BC
Hesiodische Welt-Tafel by Johann Heinrich Voss is a representation of the world according to Hesiod (circa 750 BC to 650 BC), an ancient Greek poet. Hesiod, who lived around the same time as Homer, is best known for his works "Theogony" and "Works and Days," which are among the earliest sources of Greek mythology and provide a cosmogony and practical wisdom, respectively.
Johann Heinrich Voss (1751–1826) was a German classicist and translator renowned for his translations of Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey" into German. His work significantly influenced the reception of classical antiquity in the German-speaking world.
The present map shows the world as known to Hesiod, thus covering primarily the Mediterranean (and the Eastern Mediterranean at that) and adjacent regions.
This is one of the rarest of the resurrected ancient geographies - far less well known than those of Ptolemy and Mela, for instance.
![Ленин – вождь международного пролетариата [Lenin – Leader of the International Proletariat]](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/93242.jpg)
![[World Map / Malaria / Dr. Seuss ] This is Ann . . . She drinks blood!](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/73499.jpg)
