SH Archive TPTB: Playing Musical Chairs with Geography

[KD Archive]

The other day while looking for something for this Calabria related thread, I came across this wonderful excerpt from the below book:

• 1703 An Universal, Historical, Geographical, Chronological and Poetical Dictionary
  • It appears to be 1703, but I could be wrong

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KD: who can put two different Calabrias (ancient and modern) on the same map based on the above description? The modern one is supposed to be shown on the map below.

• Calabria - Wikipedia​

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One of the earliest Calabria maps I could find is the below 1630 map titled:

• Lat: Calabria Ultra olim Altera Magnae Graeciae pars ​
• Me thinks: Calabria Ultra, formerly a part of "Altera Magnae Graeciae"... Different Large Greece?​

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Anyways, if you can find an older map with the described Calabria (excerpt) on it, or can place the ancient Calabria on a map, please don't hesitate to share.

• Additionally, what name was assigned to the area we currently know as Calabria? Wikipedia says that it was Bruttium, but when did we really find out that it was Bruttium? For something being "ancient Roman" these 1700s look somewhat suspicious. I understand that this is English language only.​

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We also have the below map. I can not find its source, so I have no idea what year it was made.

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In general, it appears that TPTB did a very good job renaming, substituting, hiding and concealing. Check the below 1587 map for example.

• How many Californias do we have?
• Who knows anything about the Californian Kingdom bordering Hypeborea?
• Where is Chersonesus supposed to be at?
• What do we know about the Southern Atlantis (Australian Atlantis?)

Source +1
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What about the below South American Philippopolis city?

• Where is Philippopolis today?​

1597 Source​

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KD: The main purpose of this thread is to create a place where we could share similar information. If you have any pertaining examples to share, please post those below with related maps and sources.

Additionally, I would like to figure out where the ancient Calabria was.

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[Huaqero]

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Date: 2020-06-17 12:50:04
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Maybe this helps with advancing our thoughts on the geography of the region...
Proposed Map of the Ancient Mediterranean Sea (and Thoughts on Greeks)