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		<title>Gorgeous 19th Century illus. of Beijing, China (1880s)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bigmapblog.com/2013/gorgeous-19th-century-illus-of-beijing-china/"&gt;Gorgeous 19th Century illus. of Beijing, China (1880s)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width="700" height="300" src="http://www.bigmapblog.com/wp-content/uploads/VDLDixisREKHtbbm_TT.jpg" class="attachment-full wp-post-image" alt="VDLDixisREKHtbbm_TT" title="VDLDixisREKHtbbm_TT" /&gt;Truly gorgeous Chinese map of Beijing(?) from c.1888(?). Beijing Yi he yuan he ba qi bing ying Date: 1888? Author: ?? Dwnld: Full Size (7.5mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of China that you might want to check out. Gorgeous illustration of Beijing [google map] from the 19th century. Don't know much about...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bigmapblog.com"&gt;the BIG Map Blog - Interesting maps, historical maps, BIG maps.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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		<title>Map of the Great Siberian Route (1903)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the59king</dc:creator>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bigmapblog.com/2013/map-of-the-great-siberian-route/"&gt;Map of the Great Siberian Route (1903)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width="700" height="300" src="http://www.bigmapblog.com/wp-content/uploads/CETIobkwKGMOydek_TT.jpg" class="attachment-full wp-post-image" alt="CETIobkwKGMOydek_TT" title="CETIobkwKGMOydek_TT" /&gt;Fillipov's map of the great Siberian route, from 1903. Map of the Great Siberian Route Date: 1903 Author: Filippov Dwnld: Full Size (8mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other railroad maps that you might want to check out. A map of the Trans-Siberian Railway which spans an awesome 5,753 mi (9,259 km) in connecting its...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bigmapblog.com"&gt;the BIG Map Blog - Interesting maps, historical maps, BIG maps.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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		<title>Minard’s Map of World Migration (1862)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bigmapblog.com/2013/1862-map-of-world-migration-french/"&gt;Minard&amp;#8217;s Map of World Migration (1862)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width="700" height="300" src="http://www.bigmapblog.com/wp-content/uploads/ROPUnjlxFGUHtcyq_TT.jpg" class="attachment-full wp-post-image" alt="ROPUnjlxFGUHtcyq_TT" title="ROPUnjlxFGUHtcyq_TT" /&gt;Charles Joseph Minard's map of World immigration (French), from 1862. Charles Joseph Minard's map of World immigration Date: 1862 Author: Charles Joseph Minard Dwnld: Full Size (18.1mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other thematic maps that you might want to check out. Beautiful and quite brilliant map of world migration by Charles Joseph Minard. If...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bigmapblog.com"&gt;the BIG Map Blog - Interesting maps, historical maps, BIG maps.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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		<title>Map: timeline of discovery of US Coasts (1856)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bigmapblog.com/2013/map-timeline-of-discovery-of-us-coasts-1856/"&gt;Map: timeline of discovery of US Coasts (1856)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width="640" height="250" src="http://www.bigmapblog.com/wp-content/uploads/DCZSekgrVPQAkzgs_TT.jpg" class="attachment-full wp-post-image" alt="DCZSekgrVPQAkzgs_TT" title="DCZSekgrVPQAkzgs_TT" /&gt;Map of the Discoveries of the American East, Gulf, and West Coasts Map of the timeline of discovery of the U.S. Coasts (1856) Date: 1856 Author: Johann Georg Kohl Dwnld: Full Size: 01, 02, 03 Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Exploration that you might want to check out....&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bigmapblog.com"&gt;the BIG Map Blog - Interesting maps, historical maps, BIG maps.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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		<title>Ribero’s map of America, Reproduction (1529)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bigmapblog.com/2013/kohls-repro-of-riberos-map-of-america-1529/"&gt;Ribero&amp;#8217;s map of America, Reproduction (1529)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width="640" height="250" src="http://www.bigmapblog.com/wp-content/uploads/EQWEwwgtINPUvzhd_TT.jpg" class="attachment-full wp-post-image" alt="EQWEwwgtINPUvzhd_TT" title="EQWEwwgtINPUvzhd_TT" /&gt;Map of America Map of America - Kohl's Reproduction of Diego Ribero's Original (1529) Date: 1529 Author: Ribero Dwnld: Full Size (11.40mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of the United States that you might want to check out. Kohl's reproduction of Diego Ribeiro's original map of the eastern coast...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bigmapblog.com"&gt;the BIG Map Blog - Interesting maps, historical maps, BIG maps.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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