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Posted by: Cynthia Smith
The title of this post does not refer to the science fiction novel of the same name by Jules Verne. It refers to the phantom island Frisland which was commonly shown on maps of the North Atlantic Ocean during the 16th and 17th centuries. Frisland never existed, however, cartographers believed that the island was real …
Posted in: 16th century cartography, 17th century cartography, 18th century cartography, Exploration
![Plan goroda Dalʹni︠a︡go / glavnyĭ inzhener V. Sakharov. [Russia]: Litografiia T. Daloniago, [around 1899]. Map, lithographic print. Scale approximately 1:21,000. 0.01 [represents] 100 sagenes. Geography and Map Division. LC call number G7824.D3 1899 .S3](https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/files/2019/10/Untitled-1.jpg)
Posted by: Mike Klein
In 1898 Tsarist Russia wrested from China a long-term lease for Port Arthur (Lushun), its new-found warm-water port on the east coast restricted to use by the Russian navy. Under pressure from Great Britain and Germany, two other European powers with concessions in China, Russia agreed to establish an open port on the southern tip …
Posted in: 19th century cartography
Posted by: Julie Stoner
Board games have been played around the world for millennia. One of the oldest board games known to exist, named Senet, appears in an Egyptian hieroglyph from about 5,000 years ago! The late 18th century saw a rise in the creation of board games in Europe, many of which were educational, designed to be an …
Posted in: 19th century cartography