来自MSN1 个月
Rare 19th-century map could fetch up to $685,000 at Seoul Auction
This 1861 copy of the Daedongyeojido, or a woodblock map of the Korean Peninsula by ... including an 18th-century cheonghwa baekja (cobalt blue and white porcelain) jar estimated between $41,200 ...
Newsweek25 天
Map Reveals How America's Forests Have Changed Over Time
A map published by Earth System Science Data ... However, large-scale deforestation began in the 19th century, driven by agriculture, industrial logging, mining, railroad expansion, and urban ...
来自MSN2 个月
Beyond evolution: Alfred Russel Wallace's critique of the 19th century world
He also recognized the ecological destruction caused by colonialism, making him one of the world's first global environmentalists. In the 19th century ... who hired him to map their estates ...
National Geographic news4 年
A Spy, a Map, and the Quest for Power in 16th-Century Europe
Both maps reveal the great challenge the New World presented to mapmakers ... its contents out of date, but the map was still considered valuable. In the mid-19th century the planisphere was ...