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A) Silk map dated about 168 BCE showing rivers.

I’m starting a new blog topic on the history of maps.

L'Orient exploding after being caught in crossfire from English ships.

The top three images are some of the disguises Sir Richard Burton used to mingle with crowds anonymously.

Current ethnic groups of Africa Roger M McCoy Prior to the migration of Europeans in to Africa in the eighteenth century, Africa had many different societies with well-developed cultures and powerful kingdoms, e.g.

This 1554 map shows many imaginary features in the unknown continent.

Painting by Louis Le Breton showing two corvettes careened for cleaning at Torres Strait between Australia and New Guinea.

Muhammed al-Idrisi’s interesting world map made in 1154 A.D.

The San Xavier del Bac mission was established by Father Kino in 1692.

After an ancestor showed the Spanish king an unknown pass through the mountains in 1212, the king's army won a decisive victory.