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<br>In 150 AD, the Greek scholar Claudius Ptolemy wrote a textbook entitled the <i>Geography, </i>which earned him the title ‘The Father of Geography’. Drawing on nearly a thousand years of classical ...

Explore the Sunderland Collection’s stunning maps and atlases, spanning European mapmakers from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment. Historical maps, like this world map from the Portolan Atlas by ...

Discover 25 surprising facts about maps that will change your perspective on geography and history. Uncover distortions, ...

At one time a paper map was the best tool for navigation and could be used for years, maybe even decades. Not so today. Especially at local resolutions, map data and details can change in the course ...

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