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This 16th-Century Map Reveals A Clue About The Lost Colony Of Roanoke And The Fate Of The Settlers
One of the greatest mysteries in American history is the Lost Colony of Roanoke, a small settlement of more than […] ...
Newsweek on MSN18d
Historic Map Shines Light On America's Great 400-Year-Old Mystery
The fate of the settlers who founded the "Lost Colony of Roanoke" in what is now North Carolina remains unknown.
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Hacking Global Positioning Systems Onto 16th-Century Maps
Imagine the bustling streets of Antwerp, where merchants navigated the sprawling city with woodcut maps. Or sailors plotting ... s turn-by-turn navigation, a 16th-century GPS might have been ...
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A Spy, a Map, and the Quest for Power in 16th-Century Europe
Both maps reveal the great challenge the New World presented to mapmakers ... Photograph by AKG/Album The journeys of 15th- and 16th-century European explorers are depicted on Cantino’s map ...