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Watch a Destroyed 17th Century Map Get Painstakingly Restored
A 17th century map was found in a chimney in Scotland and then delivered to the National Library of Scotland crumpled inside a plastic bag and basically destroyed. Just unraveling the fragile ...
Daily Mail8y
Now THAT'S a hidden treasure! Rare hand-painted world maps from the 17th century are discovered in a garage and auctioned for $24,000
A set of rare maps dating back to the 17th century has sold at auction for $24,000 (£19,820) in the US. They are believed to be a version created by Italian Jesuit priest, Matteo Ricci ...
BBC10y
Map of 17th Century Lancashire goes on display
The map shows the western part of the red rose county at the top of the image A 17th Century map of Lancashire has been put on public display for the first time. The design, drawn by Elizabethan ...
Smithsonian Magazine5y
This Map Shows the Scale of 16th- and 17th-Century Scottish Witch Hunts
Young’s case is one of 3,141 recorded in a new interactive map created by researchers at ... locations linked with Scotland’s 16th- and 17th-century witch hunts: among others, accused ...
WUWM12y
You Never Know What Might Be In That Old Desk - Like, Say, a 17th Century Map
The scroll, which is the subject of an article by Avrum Lank in the March issue of Milwaukee Magazine, dates to the 17th ... maps look like." And so it doesn't look much like a 21st Century ...
The New York Times8mon
Melissa George Brings Cinematic Glamour to a 17th-Century French Manor
In the kitchen of the actress Melissa George’s 17th-century home in Visan ... who then led the Catholic church from the nearby city of Avignon, he had offered up Visan. The village became ...
Belfast Telegraph8y
Rare 17th-century wall maps could fetch more than £250,000 at auction
They are up for sale at Sotheby’s London on May 9. Two rare 17th-century wall maps are to come up for sale and together could fetch more than £250,000, according to Sotheby’s auctioneers.
BBC7y
Rare 17th Century Australia map found in attic goes on display
A rare 17th Century map of Australia, one of just two left, has gone on display for the first time. Created in 1659 by renowned Dutch cartographer Joan Blaeu, the unique map was thought to have ...
BBC11y
Leicester students map out 17th Century London
A team at Leicester's De Montfort University have created a computer-generated journey through 17th Century London in the time before the Great Fire. The students won a competition to turn maps ...
Smithsonian Magazine8y
Rare 17th-Century Map Found Shoved Up a Chimney Is Restored
Physical maps may be disposable or obsolete today, but during the 17th century they were invaluable and prized documents. Naturally, it came as a bit of a shock when experts at the National ...
BBC10y
Map of 17th Century Lancashire goes on display
A 17th Century map of Lancashire has been put on public display for the first time. The design, drawn by Elizabethan cartographer William Smith, shows major towns, such as Blackburn and includes ...