Many Marvolous Maps(and some other images too)


	Many Marvolous Maps(and some other images too)
cosmic_kitten1
8-21-2009 2:11 PM
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maps, old, ancient, cool, amazing, info, design, art, monsters of old, here there be dragons
cosmic_kitten1 says:
These were way too cool cot to clip. if you want actual info you are going to have to go to the site.
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border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/08/unusual-and-marvelous-maps.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/72854C4C-0319-4CFA-942F-3428AA35856E" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/08/unusual-and-marvelous-maps.html"><FONT size="1">Ptolemy's version of the world, printed ten years before Christopher Columbus' first voyage - image <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_world_maps">via</A></FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; 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Read his interviews with antique map collectors <A target="_blank" href="http://ephemera.typepad.com/ephemera/2008/07/david-rumsey-antique-map-collection-in-second-life.html">David Rumsey</A> and <A target="_blank" href="http://ephemera.typepad.com/ephemera/2007/02/interview_with_.html">Richard Horwitz</A></DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0F47029D-7B60-4885-8FA5-A0316B696F4C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>