As a commemoration of today, which is Columbus Day and celebrated in several countries, we will take you on a trip which is indeed a trip to nowhere - traps in maps. With these copyright traps deliberetely inserted by cartographers, the journey with these maps is actually what Christopher Columbus might have experienced. Have a look at places that are no more than just names in maps.
Beatosu and Goblu, Ohio
Agloe, New York
By Byrne, Ian (19 March 2006). Errors on road maps(2). Petrol Maps. Published by ianbyrne.free-online.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-09-01 from here., Fair use, Link
Argleton, West Lancashire, England
Sandy Island, New Caledonia
Autor: Eric Gaba (Sting – fr:Sting) – Own work ; Sources of data: Elevation: SRTM30 Plus; Shorelines: NGDC GSHHS and NGA Prototype Global Shoreline (public domain); International boundaries and reefs: NGDC World Data Bank II (public domain); VMap-0 (public domain); Additional references used: Names: IRD document, ZoNéCo document and maps; Volcanoes: IRD documents [1] and [2] and volcano.vu site; Île de Sable: SHOM anouncement., GFDL, Odkaz
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