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Interesting Maps

JupiterKid · 2019-12-04 00:32:28

I have had a huge interest in maps and geography since I was a very small child - I am generally fascinated with the way places and routes are related to each other in spatial terms, and I could pore over a good map for ages. So here’s a little thread on maps that I find interesting and fascinating - some represent data,…

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That green bit at the bottom is not Antartica. The body of water separating it is labelled "Frenum Magellani" — i.e. the Strait of Magellan, which is the name of the passage that separates mainland South America from Tierra del Fuego. So the green bit is Tierra del Fuego.
Ferdinand Magellan was the first European to see Tierra de Fuego, in 1520, and the first European to navigate through the Strait to the Pacific Ocean — hence both appear on a map prepared in 1540.

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