Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL about Sebastian Münster's 1540 map of the Americas, the first one to show that North and South America were connected by an isthmus and the first to call it 'The New World.'lemmy.worldimagemessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1360arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up1355arrow-down1imageTIL about Sebastian Münster's 1540 map of the Americas, the first one to show that North and South America were connected by an isthmus and the first to call it 'The New World.'lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square58fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
minus-squaresik0fewl@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 months agoBefore seeing your comment and searching myself, I wondered if it was California as well, since it was thought that California was an Island for some time.
Before seeing your comment and searching myself, I wondered if it was California as well, since it was thought that California was an Island for some time.