Also: Kampuchea, Zaire and, in the case of late fifteenth/early sixteenth century globes, the presence of the Americas versus attaching what was known of the New World onto Asia (based on the assumption the Earth was 20% smaller than it is). Hmmm, I suppose for that period one could also add places like Antilia and Hy-Brasil...
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Date: 2011-08-23 01:46 pm (UTC)