In order to make sense of their surroundings, humans have been making maps for thousands of years. One of the oldest surviving maps of the world is actually a small clay tablet dating back to 700 to 500 BCE called The Babylonian Map of the World. It shows the City of Babylon in the center with the Euphrates River crossing through the city, with the ocean surrounding it.

The search for adventure and exploration is inside many of us, and has been part of human history for thousands of years. Ancient people used boats, horses, or their own feet to explore. Today, we use high-tech devices such as airplanes, submarines, and rockets to explore the world and beyond.

The one thing that we modern people of today have in common with ancient people is that we record and track our exploration in the form of maps.