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3. The old map is funny. No Great Lakes, no Mississippi River, the arctic circle is too far south.

Wed Jan 8, 2025, 03:36 PM

Jan 8

Add to the fact, that the area known as Mexico was part of Spain at the time.

I get a kick out of really old maps before they knew how it really looked.

I did not know the Midwest was a Spanish protectorate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Spain#/media/File:Spanish_North_America.png

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