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
Photograph by AKG/Album The journeys of 15th- and 16th-century European explorers ... as well as is the coastline of modern-day Venezuela. It is the first map to name the Antilles, the archipelago ...
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Map Sheds Light on Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
A 16th-century map could offer insights into the enigma surrounding the settlers of the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Established in 1587 on the island that now shares its name, near the current North ...