Maps are metaphors.
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In A Series Of Maps
Of The World As Known At Different Periods;
Constructed Upon An Uniform Scale, And
Coloured According To The Political Changes Of Each Period
Eden
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The Empire of Cyrus the Great
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At the time of the Death of Constantine.
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The Empire of Kublai Khan
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I love the David Rumsey Map Collection – this find is via a tweet from @bibliodyssey. Any map series that references the Massegetae and Sogdiana is a good one.
“Valentina Tereshkova orbited the Earth 48 times during her three day spaceflight in Vostok 6 in 1963. First woman in space! .”
“Born in Shanghai to missionary parents, Shannon Lucid became the eighth woman in space when she flew aboard the Shuttle Discovery mission STS-51-G in 1985. Shannon made four more spaceflights including the 1989 Atlantis mission to launch the Galileo probe to Jupiter, and a stay aboard the Russian Mir station saw her break the record for the longest time spent in orbit by a woman. 188 days in space!”
Flickrset here.
Via BruceS.
“You got AR on my wunderkammer!” “Your wunderkammer is all up in my AR!” All together, now – “Om, nom, nom.”
The video demo of AR tech:
The AR page is here (the AR app requires a printed image and a webcam).
The Augsburg Cabinet minisite is here.
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Via Super Punch.
One kajillion bonus points for the theme music (can you ID it before the credits roll?).
YouTube – Stilzkin Bridge Launcher.
Via @GreatDismal
