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More than 17 years ago, I took two screenshots of a map of a farm property in the Dutch village I grew up in. It wasn’t just another map. It was a map from 1608. I did recognise the name of a road, which still exists and on which I cycled many years going to high school. Around Christmas last year, I finally got around pinpointing this map and I was able to figure out exactly where it was with a...
What a map from 1609 revealed to me
Apr 30, 2026
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