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Oldest map of the world on nearly 3,000-year-old Babylonian tablet deciphered to reveal surprisingly familiar story
the whole of the known world in which people lived, flourished and died,” British museum curator and cuneiform expert Dr. Irving Finkel said in the video. “However, there’s more to this map ...
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A Map of the Whole World (Verbiest)
The map showing the two hemispheres of the world in the Hunterian collection was designed for the Second Qing Emperor of China, Kangxi (1662-1722) by the Jesuit Father Ferdinand Verbiest (1623-88 ...