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Cantino planisphere, 1502, Biblioteca Estense, Modena. The Cantino planisphere or Cantino world map is the earliest surviving map showing Portuguese discoveries in the east and west. It is named after Alberto Cantino, an agent for the Duke of Ferrara, who successfully smuggled it from Portugal to Italy in 1502.
18th century. Storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789, an iconic event of the French Revolution. Development of the Watt steam engine in the late 18th century was an important element in the Industrial Revolution in Europe. The American Revolutionary War took place in the late 18th century. The 18th century lasted from 1 January 1701 ...
OpenHistoricalMap is the free wiki world map that lets you explore and edit the history of the world. You can browse maps by date, location, and theme, and see how places and events changed over time. Join the community of mappers and historians that contribute and maintain data about the past with OpenHistoricalMap.
The English Wikipedia gained articles at a steady rate of 1,700 a day, with the wikipedia.org domain name ranked the 10th-busiest in the world. Wikipedia continued to garner visibility in the press – the Essjay controversy broke out when a prominent member of Wikipedia was found to have lied about his credentials.
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Old World. This T and O map, from the first printed version of Isidore 's Etymologiae ( Augsburg, 1472), identifies the three known continents ( Asia, Europe and Africa) as respectively populated by descendants of Sem ( Shem ), Iafeth ( Japheth) and Cham ( Ham ). The " Old World " ( Latin: Mundus Vetus) is a term for Afro-Eurasia that ...
Aug 5, 2020 · 1700–1799. (A.D.) World History. Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff. War of the Spanish Succession begins—the last of Louis XIV's wars for domination of the continent. The Peace of Utrecht ( 1714) will end the conflict and mark the rise of the British Empire. Called Queen Anne's War in America, it ends with the British taking New ...
