How fallacious explorers influenced world maps for centuries

How fallacious explorers influenced world maps for centuries

How fallacious explorers influenced world maps for centuries

By / Latest News / Monday, 28 May 2018 12:55

Long before satellites and Google, cartographers traced out maps of the world, some with errors that persisted for hundreds of years. In "The Phantom Atlas," author Edward Brooke-Hitching compiles the greatest "myths, lies and blunders" on maps, from honest mistakes to deliberate lies. Brooke-Hitching spoke with the NewsHour Weekend’s Megan Thompson about this history and its legacy.

 

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