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MapMaker: Episode 1
12024-07-19T11:11:46-04:00Paul Vadanf46fd2a7a6d2ab1ecca0ec13c84118eaf61facfa921Crimea as Queen Victoria Saw Itimage_header2024-11-19T11:21:52-05:0007-08-2024Paul Vadanf46fd2a7a6d2ab1ecca0ec13c84118eaf61facfaIn our first episode, Dr. O'Neill goes to the Harvard Map Collection with high-school student Lily Grodzins to investigate a map of Crimea produced in 1855 and dedicated to Queen Victoria. What they find is a map bigger than most kitchen tables, riddled with misinformation, and full of everything from mountains to mud volcanos. Who made the map? And where do the British fit in? Listen and find out!
