Long ago, people looked at the world and wanted to remember where things were. They drew simple pictures of land and water on clay or stone, that was like the first map! It wasn’t perfect, but it helped them find their way back home.
A Simple Map
Imagine you’re in a forest and you walk away from your house. You might draw a picture of the tree near your house to remember where you started. That’s just like how ancient people made maps, they used pictures to show places and paths.
Examples
- A child draws a picture of their room to remember where their toys are.
- An explorer sketches the mountains they saw on the way to a new village.
- A farmer marks the river’s path in the dirt so he knows where to go when he returns home.
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See also
- How Did the First Maps Get Their Shapes?
- How Did the First Maps Get Made?
- How Did the First Maps Look and Feel?
- How Did the First Maps Change the Way We See the World?
- How Did Maps Change the Way We See the World?
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