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Love history? Explore this interactive collection of old maps.
I love trying to figure out the age of old maps. If there’s a globe in someone’s house, or if I find an old map in a thrift store, I look for clues—the existence of the Soviet Union, if Germany is divided into East and West, or whether Nunavut is a …