Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoTIL about Sebastian Münster's 1540 map of the Americas, the first one to show that North and South America were connected by an isthmus and the first to call it 'The New World.'lemmy.worldimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL about Sebastian Münster's 1540 map of the Americas, the first one to show that North and South America were connected by an isthmus and the first to call it 'The New World.'lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoThere was a British miniseries about John Harrison, the clockmaker who figured out how to measure longitude, with Jeremy Irons and Michael Gambon. Worth watching if you can find it or want to watch the shitty quality versions on YouTube.
There was a British miniseries about John Harrison, the clockmaker who figured out how to measure longitude, with Jeremy Irons and Michael Gambon. Worth watching if you can find it or want to watch the shitty quality versions on YouTube.