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Rare 19th-century map could fetch up to $685,000 at Seoul Auction
This 1861 copy of the Daedongyeojido, or a woodblock map of the Korean Peninsula by ... including an 18th-century cheonghwa baekja (cobalt blue and white porcelain) jar estimated between $41,200 ...
Map Reveals How America's Forests Have Changed Over Time
Trump signed a new executive order this month to decrease reliance on foreign lumber. The order could result in the felling ...
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Mid-Afternoon Map: The Continental Divide
beautiful maps and ugly ones — and bizarre maps whenever possible. *** The United States has always been plagued by regional rivalries. In the mid-19th century, they led to a violent civil war. In the ...
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Early New Orleans balloonists braved dangerous conditions to make bird's-eye city maps
As Madame Renards' balloon was being inflated, it suddenly burst into flames. While one unfortunate bystander had his ...
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How 19th-Century Guidebooks Shaped the Way Visitors Saw New York
"Wish You Were Here" at the Grolier Club explores two centuries of NYC tourism using guidebooks, postcards, and other ...