David Rumsey: The 1492 Earth Apple globe omits the Americas
David Rumsey · a16z Podcast | Exploding the Map · Jan 2, 2019 · at 1:36
David Rumsey, map collector at Stanford, describes historic globes on the a16z Podcast to illustrate how mapping reflects contemporary geographical understanding.
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“One of our favorite globes is the, it's called the Earth Apple, which was by Martin Behame, the year Columbus discovered America and there's no North and South America on the globe.”
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