Much of Oceania and Asia uses Pacific-centred maps. (American-centred maps are also in use, but these have the unfortunate consequence of partitioning Asia to either side of the map.) ...

This is mid-16th century, so going on 60 years after Europeans first rounded the Cape of Good Hope to Asia, ... As you can see, on a quick look this could almost be a modern map of Africa, ...

The post includes a map of Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania. There are straight red lines drawn horizontally across the widths of Africa and Asia. The line across Africa is labelled "7,200 km", ...