• Eiri@lemmy.caEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I absolutely love wildly inaccurate old maps. They have so much charm.

  • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Anyone know what Zipangri is? Could that be Baja California, or what?

    Edit: Japan. Is apparently just off the coast of Mexico

  • ripcord@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I really really want to find a good book or website showing the extended evolution of maps of the world or specific areas. This stuff fascinates me.

    I’ve found a few minor ones over the years, but never a good one.

    • RedAggroBest@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Probably azurite paint aging. Turns green (Edit: forgot to mention because it turns into malachite) over time and was super common Europe.

      It’s why a ton of Renaissance art has greens where you’d expect blues