Why did Google Maps have a big black smudge in the South Pacific before 2012? And why did it disappear? And what does it have to do with Captain Cook? And what is a phantom island? | Map Men
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The endangered languages of New York
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The Greenwich meridian's forgotten rival
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What's inside this crater in Madagascar?
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Why is north up? | Map Men
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This guy shares cool maps of the world every day on Facebook
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The biggest mapping mistake of all time
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Who made these circles in the Sahara?
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Maps Are Fun! (1946)
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How to read a map with a clock | Map Men
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Why does Russia have the best maps of Britain? | Map Men
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The world’s oldest medieval map
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A newly digitized map from 1587 offers a rare glimpse at the way Europeans conceived of the Americas before British colonization
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How the US has hidden its empire: The United States likes to think of itself as a republic, but it holds territories all over the world – the map you always see doesn’t tell the whole story.
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A fascinating map of medieval trade routes
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