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"A 500-year-old map which was the first to use the word "America" and the first to portray the Earth as a globe has been sold in London for $1,002,267 -- a world record."
Most of you have probably heard about this already. Here's a link on CNN
First Map of America for $1million
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, Jun 08 2005 05:33 PM
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Posted 08 June 2005 - 05:33 PM
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Posted 09 June 2005 - 01:17 AM
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Made the news over here.
Seeing the way the map was set up, I wonder if it wasn't originally meant to *be* a globe.
Seeing the way the map was set up, I wonder if it wasn't originally meant to *be* a globe.
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