This map shows potatoes are a big industry in Central Europe. European football got its start in England, where the Football Association was first founded in 1863. The sport was so beloved and ...

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Comprising six pieces of parchment attached to a large canvas measuring ... of 15th- and 16th-century European explorers are depicted on Cantino’s map including Vasco da Gama’s first voyage ...