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Driving to France couldn’t be simpler, and these lesser-known road trips make the most of this iconic holiday destination, ...
La Nuit Blanche is back in Paris, so we're booking our evening on Saturday June 7, 2025, to take advantage of the many events ...
Wadley Farms stands as Utah’s very own slice of medieval magnificence, complete with stone towers, turrets, and enough old-world charm to make you forget you’re just minutes away from the tech hub of ...
For visitors from outside Massachusetts, Hammond Castle provides a perfect example of why New England is worth exploring ...
One region that should be on your bucket list is France’s Loire Valley. It is here in verdant central France where history and wine intersect as well as anywhere in Europe. The 300-plus castles dating ...
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Europe's Oldest Map
A 4,000-year-old stone slab, first discovered over a century ago in France, may be the oldest known map in Europe, according to a new study.
Johannes Putsch’s 1533 map personified the continent as a queen and inspired a wave of mapmaking that depicted places as people, animals, and even plants. "Europa regina" ("Queen Europe") is ...
Scanning a map of France’s Loire Valley reads like the wine menu of a classic Parisian bistro: Sancerre, Vouvray, Chinon, Saumur, Savennières, Muscadet — each name steeped in viticultural ...
The Mercator map was intended as a navigational tool for European mariners, who could draw a straight line from Point A to Point B and find their bearings with little trouble. Because it was made ...
The earliest known world map was etched sometime around the 6th century BCE onto a small clay tablet measuring just 4.8 by 3.2 inches. It depicts the world from the Babylonians’ point of view ...
As part of RUSI's European Security in Transformation programme, the Institute - together with the Konrad Adenauer-Stiftung - has published an updated map of the UK's network of security relationships ...