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In 1569, Gerardus Mercator, by far the most accomplished cartographer in Europe, and creator of the map projection system still most commonly used…
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Why did humans first build cities?
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Columbus: Triumph and Ruin
The Second and Third Voyages
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Mercury
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On artistic inheritance
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The Vikings of Greenland
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Some really cool paintings of dinosaurs
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The Rupture
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How a prehistoric megaflood helped push humans to adopt agriculture
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