TED-Ed: The biggest mistakes in mapmaking history | Kayla Wolf

What was a common practice among medieval European mapmakers when depicting unknown territories?

• Including detailed topographical features

• Marking them with mythical creatures

• Leaving them blank

• Filling them with known trade routes

Which mapmaker created the Tabula Rogeriana, a significant map based on travels and interviews?

• Ibn Hawqal

• Al-idrisi

• Gerardus Mercator

• Martin Waldseemuller

What was unique about the Da Ming Hun Yi Tu map created in China?

• It was made entirely of gold

• It accurately depicted sub-Saharan Africa based on traders' accounts

• It included a detailed map of the Americas

• It was the first map to include Europe

How did Martin Waldseemuller inaccurately depict the Americas in his 1507 map?

• As a large continent with detailed coastlines

• As a part of Asia

• As a thin sliver of land

• As a series of islands

What mythical feature did Gerardus Mercator include in his map of the North Pole?

• A giant whirlpool

• A land of dragons

• A sea of mermaids

• A floating city