I'm fascinated by old maps, am I the only one to feel they are testimony from a world who disappeared

By no means are you the only one to find old maps fascinating, whether for serious historical research or simple interest in seeing how things have changed.

This can be considerable even within life-times, although many changes might be clear only on detailed maps such as those by the UK's Ordnance Survey, and their equivalents in other countries.*

The very old ones were often works of art, hardly accurate but hand-plotted and often ornamented with all sorts of fanciful but extraneous guff in the margins.

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* I have used those of France and Norway as well the O.S, all three being comparable in general style and level of topographical and human-made details.

I get the sort of fascination with them. The maps the first explorers would have used with so many mysteries about the world.
I've not done any study about this, but i'd think these are much less accurate than the maps we make these days.

I love maps as well. I really enjoyed History and Geography as a class in HIgh school or college.

Can find a lot of info in old maps. Lots of the places I have explored aren't on new maps. Abandoned forgotten areas.

I work a lot with historical maps. It’s important for cultural preservation.

Yeah I get this , nice 😌

I have a framed map of middle earth on my living room wall - I will always love Tolkien 🧝🏻‍♀

This would be nice to have.

The world is not a “who.”