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They compared 400-year-old maps of California… then found strange islands and rivers missing from modern maps

For centuries, cartographers produced maps depicting California as an island, creating one of history's strangest ...

This eye-opening website is like Google Maps—with a time machine

Pastmaps is a website that lets you peel back the surface of a city and see what it looked like decades, sometimes even ...
Smithsonian Magazine

From Ptolemy to GPS, the Brief History of Maps

Last spring, a 23-year-old woman was driving her car through the Ontario town of Tobermory. It was unfamiliar territory for her, so she was dutifully following her GPS. Indeed, she was so intent on ...

Maps can be misleading – on purpose – and their story becomes history. The case of Ethiopia

Maps are an essential technology of modern life. They help navigate streets, follow deliveries and track storms. They’re embedded in election coverage, humanitarian emergencies, military briefings, ...
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Historic maps of Africa collection

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Historic Maps of Africa collection includes 78 maps and dates from circa 1631 to 1973. Geographic content of individual maps varies from ...