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Ridiculous Maps: That Time Everyone Thought California Was An Island

Ridiculous Maps: That Time Everyone Thought California Was An Island

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November 27, 202534m 39s

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Show Notes

Nowadays, pretty much anyone can easily find an accurate map of a city, a country, or the entire world. But this wasn't always the case. In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max explore baffling cartography of old, when well-intentioned mapmakers, working with the best info they had at the time, often got things wrong. Our first episode in this continuing series: that time everyone thought California was an island.

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