Long before GPS, satellite images or even written directions, humans faced a simple but serious problem: how do you remember where things are? Where is the rive ...
A set of mysterious grooves on a cave floor in France has turned out to be far more than abstract art. Archaeologists now argue that the engravings form the world’s oldest known three-dimensional map, ...
Rare and important early first state map of the Carolinas from 1685 by Thornton, Morden & Lea, titled A New Map of Carolina, showing early settlements and landowners ($29,325). French armillary sphere ...
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Illustrations -- Notes on the Editors -- Notes on the Contributors -- Chapter 1 Introduction (1): Rival Interpretations of Continent Personifications -- ...
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