And when people are asked to choose places on a map where imaginary groups of people should live, they tend to put the richest in the north and the poorest in the south.īut here’s the thing – if you think about the Earth as a ball floating in space, then it doesn’t really make sense for maps to be any particular way up. When people are shown a map of a fake city and asked where they’d like to live, they’re more likely to choose an area in the north of the city. This “north-at-the-top-by-default” approach has shaped the way we think in more ways than you probably imagine. It wasn’t until cartographer Gerardus Mercator created his famous world map in 1569 that north became the default. So the Ancient Egyptians and early Christians put east at the top – where the Sun rises, while early Islamic maps had south at the top. To ancient humans, the north was where the darkness came from. North is almost always at the top of maps today, but for most of human history that wasn’t the case. Archaeologists have discovered carvings on mammoth tusks that date back to the 25th millennium BC which could be interpreted as maps, and we’ve definitely been using them since the first millennium BC. It’s a complex blend of art and science, and has been practiced since very ancient times. In the real world, cartography is the study and practice and making and using maps. You can also use it as fuel in a furnace if you decide that your cartography days are behind you, and it’ll generate a bass note when placed under a note block. There are a handful of other things you can do with a cartography table – it’s the job site block for cartography villagers, as you would probably expect. You can also put paper in a cartography table to create an empty map, or paper and a compass to create an empty locator map. To get a locator map in Bedrock edition, you need to use a cartography table to add a compass-either before or after the map is explored.
Java edition maps automatically locate the player with a little pointer, but that’s not the case in Bedrock edition. Put a pane of glass in the second slot and you’ll get a “locked” map that can’t be explored any further. Put an empty map in the second slot and you’ll get a clone of the first. Put an explored map in the first one and some paper in the second, and you’ll get a zoomed out version that covers more territory. Hit the "use" key on the table and you’ll get an interface with two slots on the left. So what can you do with it? Well, quite a lot actually. Put two bits of paper on top of four planks in a crafting grid, and you’ve got yourself a cartography table. Cartography tables generate naturally in cartographer houses in villages, but honestly, it’s usually easier to just craft your own from some paper and some planks.
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