Map that named America is a puzzle for researchers
Map that named America is a puzzle for researchers
The only surviving copy of the 500-year-old map that first used the name America goes on permanent display this month at the Library of Congress, but even as it prepares for its debut, the 1507 Waldseemuller map remains a puzzle for researchers. picked by icepigs 10 months ago
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 Skippii
10 months ago
"...mounted on Monday in a huge 6-foot by 9.5-foot display case machined from a single block of aluminum."

Um...would that be the transparent aluminum featured in that Star Trek movie, or are we expected to have X-ray vision?
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 ReBoot
10 months ago
The answer is obvious... someone fairly familiar with world geography went back in time and created the map. Either that, or aliens did it.

[/keys up X-files music]
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