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How about an 18th-century-style map of the world? That’s how Martin Vargic sees it. Vargic, who has been creating maps since age 11, spent about 1,000 hours literally mapping out the Internet, ...
To Martin Vargic, it’s neither: It’s an 18th-century-style map that looks like something out of the golden age of cartography, only depicting the world’s 3,000 most heavily trafficked ...
A significant piece of California history is going up for auction later this month. Auction house Bonhams will present what it’s calling “the most important 18th century map of California ...
The map, drawn in Mexico and signed by Costano on Oct. 30, 1770 details the inlets of the bay and North Bay, and alongside San Francisco, also names Point Reyes and the Farallones.
Shrouded in mist and myth, Plummpton is a settlement that refuses to die quietly, despite being erased from modern maps.
By Lee Dasom. A European map from the 18th century recognizes Dokdo Island as Korean territory. Dokdo Museum Seoul at the Northeast Asian History Foundation in Seoul on Nov. 26 said it chose the ...