> On Feb 24, 2018, at 11:11 AM, Caleuche <xxxxxx@sudnadja.com> wrote:
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> So, that leads to the actual question: for uncontacted worlds, at what tech levels do the populations living on those worlds start to get a feeling of the continental distribution of the world? I came across the Early World Maps wiki page ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_world_maps ) and was surprised at Eratosthenes map and Hecataeus of Miletus maps. I don't know why, but I wasn't expecting that level of knowledge at 500 BC (TL 1.3 I suppose, according to the Traveller 5 rules).
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> Would a small Viking settlement in northern Norway at 500 BC likely be aware of populations living on the coast of the Mediterranean in north Africa?
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Quite possibly knowledge that it existed, yes, because by 800- 1000 we know they had extensive trade routes throughout Europe and well into the Med.

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