The Charlemagne Pursuit,

that I'm reading now, has another bit of historical fact, about the 'prime meridian', a longitudinal 'starting point'. In 1884, the major nations of the world met in Washington DC, and chose a line through Greenwich as 0 degrees longitude.
BUT, the accurate, ancient maps, 'portolans', used a different point, 31 degrees and 8 minutes west, as their zero line. That line 'just happens' to run straight through the Great Pyramid at Giza. Not kidding. Look it up.
Portolan or portulan charts are navigational maps based on compass directions and estimated distances observed by the pilots at sea. They were first made in the 13th century in Italy, and later in Spain and Portugal, with later 15th and 16th century charts noted for their cartographic accuracy.^[1] With the advent of widespread competition among seagoing nations during the Age of Discovery, Portugal and Spain considered such maps to be state secrets. The English and Dutch relative newcomers found the description of Atlantic and Indian coastlines extremely valuable for their raiding, and later trading, ships. The word portolan comes from the Italian adjective portolano, meaning "related to ports or harbors", or "a collection of sailing directions".^{[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portolan_chart}