Nicola van Sype in 16th century

This is a unusual historic map of the world by Nicola van Sype published in 1581. Source: Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division Washington.

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Here is a beautiful historic map of the world by Robert Vaughan in 1628 compiled by Francis Drake.

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Estimated number of people in the world living with HIV/AIDS in 2008.

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Here is a world map of ocean currents in 1911. Map is showing:

• Orange: warm currents
• Blue: cold currents

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