Pic of the Day
Pic of the Day
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take that invisiblechamber
1) First use of America on map, after explorer Amerigo Vespucci. 2) The Pacific not confirmed until six years after map made. 3) Old World shown as the ancients saw it. 4) New eastern sea route to India. 5) The legendary island of Taprobane. 6) Reference to legendary king Prester John.
Drawn half a millennium ago and then swiftly forgotten, one map made us see the world as we know it today... and helped name America. But, as Toby Lester has discovered, the most powerful nation on earth also owes its name to a pun.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_ne…
- this is factwise and visually mindbending.invisiblechamber
- I need this in high resolution plz.Point5
- fuck, that map is worth $10milli?Point5
- I hate to break it to you but america wasn't named after amerigo vespuccibolus