Old maps and Zheng He

Jul 13, 2008 00:02

I was at a used bookseller the other day while waiting for a bus and picked up the book 1421 -- you may have known about it, but I didn't, for I was simply drawn in by some of the old maps in the book and, at $6, I can't say no to old world cartography. :: laugh :: Apparently the author claims that the Chinese admiral 鄭和, Zheng He. traveled further ( Read more... )

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slavetoreznor July 13 2008, 16:28:04 UTC
Tim also loves maps. I found this great website with all kinds of map and globes you can buy... http://www.metskers.com/

I got Tim a map of the world that is made out of a musical score. So, technically you could actually play the song.

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