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From streets to the stars: 500 years of maps at Kings College London?s Maughan Library

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91av recommends map exhibition From Streets to the Stars

The books, TV, games and more that 91av staff have enjoyed this week

Culture

Images that capture our timeless obsession with the moon

Images that capture our timeless obsession with the moon

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These maps will change how you see the world

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These maps will change how you see the world

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map of algers area

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Engaging new book explores how vital mathematics is to map-making

Culture

2R0BH12 The Fra Mauro map, ca 1450 by the Venetian cartographer Fra Mauro

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The magnificent medieval map that made cartography into a science

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Umm al-Ma Lake - Idyllic oasis in the Awbari Sand Sea, Sahara Desert, Libya; Shutterstock ID 72697231; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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The surprising life and avoidable demise of Earth’s remarkable oases

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Gough Map at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.

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Gough Map: New technology uncovers secrets of rare Bodleian artefact

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Book of maps shows Antarctica in wonderful detail

Book of maps shows Antarctica in wonderful detail

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People who grow up outside of cities have a better sense of direction

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People who grow up outside of cities have a better sense of direction

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Paul Smith

The adventures of a geologist: From shipwrecks to mapping the Arctic

Before directing the Oxford Museum of Natural History, Paul Smith mapped remote Greenland and was once left stranded when his ship went down

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Technology

All-seeing eyes: The epic plan to track almost everything on Earth

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Humans

The disorientated ape: Why clever people can be terrible navigators

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Earth

New world map is a more accurate Earth and shows Africa's full size

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Earth

Captain Cook: The farmer’s son who re-drew the map of the world

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