[HN Gopher] Kunyu Wanguo Quantu
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       Kunyu Wanguo Quantu
        
       Author : Thevet
       Score  : 26 points
       Date   : 2021-11-02 06:09 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | f00zz wrote:
       | Cool, the Japanese edition has katakana:
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       | https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Kunyu_Wa...
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       | Some are easy to read (like itaria, Italy or arubania, Albania,
       | and Mexico is Nova Hispania?) but I don't recognize most of
       | those.
        
       | Pxtl wrote:
       | I always find the nature of Tierra del Fuego kind of funny in old
       | maps like this. So many ships navigating the treacherous Strait
       | of Magellan instead of going the other way around the Island and
       | going South passed Cape Horn. All because they'd assumed that
       | Tierra del Fuego was much larger than it was in actuality - some
       | massive landmass or even a part of Antarctica itself, as shown
       | here.
        
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