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  1. Reverend D

    Contour Lines

    Can anyone help with this? Many years ago, I was shown by someone outdoorsy how to translate contour lines from a map into a side-on outline of the hill itself. Unless he was making it up and trying to impress me, this guy was able to use the individual contour lines to gradually build...
  2. maximus otter

    Astronaut’s Map Leads Treasure Hunters To "Columbus' Anchor"

    RESEARCHERS have used a “space treasure map” to make a remarkable discovery in the Caribbean — a centuries-old anchor believed to be from one of Christopher Columbus’s ships. Analysis of the anchor, which was found off the Turks and Caicos Islands, reveals that it dates to between 1492 and...
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    • 1492 2018 anchors astronauts christopher columbus darrell miklos explorers gordon cooper maps martin alonso pinzon pioneers ships & shipping shipwrecks the carribean sea the turks and caicos islands treasure hunting vicente yanez pinzon
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    • Forum: Earth Mysteries: Historical & Classical Cases
  3. blessmycottonsocks

    Anomalous Ancient Maps

    Apologies if there already is a thread somewhere for this fascinating topic. I recently read up about the cartographer Philippe Buache (1700-1773), one of whose maps is centred on Antarctica and even shows the central channel between the land masses: Comparing this with a recent Nat Geo image...
  4. rynner2

    The Piri Reis Map

    Columbus probably had access to maps like those of Piri Ries, which gave him the confidance to traverse the ocean.
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