Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL about Sebastian Münster's 1540 map of the Americas, the first one to show that North and South America were connected by an isthmus and the first to call it 'The New World.'lemmy.worldimagemessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1358arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1353arrow-down1imageTIL about Sebastian Münster's 1540 map of the Americas, the first one to show that North and South America were connected by an isthmus and the first to call it 'The New World.'lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square58fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekalpol@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoSort of map-related, but the Longitude series/book is pretty fascinating. This map was drawn without really being able to calculate longitude except by dead reckoning.
Sort of map-related, but the Longitude series/book is pretty fascinating. This map was drawn without really being able to calculate longitude except by dead reckoning.