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Charts, coastlines and the edges of the known world.
130 BC — 1450s
The Silk Road
Goods, faiths and stories carried across a continent.
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1571 — 1862
The Age of Sail
Charts, coastlines and the ships that filled them in.
1897 — 1922
Polar Exploration
The last blank spaces, and the men who died in them.