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The 35 greatest views in the world, as named by the experts
THE VIEW Lisbon is one of my favourite ports in the entire world, and sailing in by ship is a unique way to arrive. The light ...
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Mapping the world
Some aerial photographs are so detailed that you can zoom in and see a bird’s-eye view of where you ... different because the world is actually curved. This means map-makers need to make ...
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The Waldseemüller Map: Charting the New World
The word "cosmography" isn't used much today, but educated readers in 1507 knew what it meant: the study of the known world ... his map to Duke Antoine of Lorraine, Waldseemüller made clear ...
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Animated map shows how World War I changed Europe's borders
World War I involved 32 nations from 1914 to 1919. It redrew the world map and reshaped many borders in Europe. The collapse of the Russian Empire created Poland, the Baltics, and Finland.