Has history been tampered with? The inverted maps of the Middle Ages. Why that?

Has history been tampered with? Modern maps place the East on the right, and the West on the left. However, we find that the opposite is true for many mediaeval maps -- all of the sea charts of the alleged 14th century had the East on the left, and the West on the right. These charts may have been used by either traders or the military fleet.

Why did the old maps, and sea charts in particular, have the East on their left, and the West on their right?

The reason may have been that the first seafarers of Europe would sail forth from the seaports located on the European coast of the Mediterranean, as well as the Black and Azov seas, and so they had to move from the North to the South.

The South was therefore in front, and the Northern coast behind them.

A ship captain sailing into the Mediterranean from the Bosporus would look at the approaching African coast. Thus, the East was on the left, and the
West was on the right.

This is why the first sea charts of both the traders and the military put the East on the left.

It made sense to put that which lay in front on the top of the map.

Thus, the way one looks at the map corresponds with
the direction of one's movement.

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[mithec]

before commenting: google>books>fomenko, thank you for your time.

[vespacurry]

Here we go lies and deception, they are going to say next that the planet is 5500 years old... bla bla bla, same nut talks about 911 as being done by some 17 Saudi men with box cutters.

[rosskay]

becuase they were traveling form the north :X

[austin123457]

/watch?v=feB7Oc8rw1o

[GlobalAwareness2525]

@vespacurry

So how old is the earth and why do you think it is the age you say it is?

[TheLittletincan]

this is like that zeitgeist flick written by witches saying God does not exist.

[robinflugal]

hahaha, they were reading the map upside down, stupid video narrator...