A Settlement Discovery Could Upend Our Theory of Early America
An 11,000-year-old Indigenous settlement found in Saskatchewan reshapes the understanding of North American civilizations.
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How did they do it? Mapping techniques without GPS or electronic devices
Alfred Downing created accurate sketches of the banks and riverbed of the Columbia River. In 1880, he created a reasonably accurate outline sketch of the Waterville Plateau. He ...
How Trump Put ‘Gulf of America’ on the Map
US users of Google and Apple maps will now see Trump’s preferred name for the body of water that the country shares with ...
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Why Was California Depicted As An Island For Centuries?
It wasn't only Antonia de la Ascensión who made this strange error. Juan de Iturbe, who explored parts of California in 1615, ...
From Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America, New Amsterdam to New York: The politics behind name changes
Geographical name changes can be a result of a shift in regimes, indigenous movements, decolonisation, or political factors.