Media outlets as well as the official government website in Kazakhstan are reporting the surprise discovery of local geoglyphs or ‘Nazca Lines’.
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28Jun09
Nazca Lines
Stretching across the Nazca plains like a giant map or blueprint left by ancient astronauts, lie the famous Nazca Lines of Peru. Peru is associated with the Incan Civilization who many link with alien visitors who still interact with local people to this day.
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28Jun09
Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings
And if these maps whet your curiosity, check out the Google Books preview of
Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings
The Piri Reis Map of 1513
Mercator; The Man who Mapped The Planet
To The Ends of The Earth: 100 Maps That Changed The World
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28Jun09
The Mercator Map of 1538
And even yet another intriguing map is one drawn in 1538 by Mercator, another highly respected cartographer who lived in the 16th century.
His works are quite famous and you can still buy a Mercator atlas in shops today. Mercator was known to periodically update is works and produce a new, more definitive world atlas as [...]
27Jun09
The Franco Rosselli map of 1508
Franco Rosselli was a renowned Florentine cartographer of the 15th century who created a relatively small but richly illustrated copperplate engraving, hand colored on Vellum, measuring just 6 x 11 inches.
The piece is now kept in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. At the time Rosselli created the map, cartography was still a relatively new [...]
