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Archive for the 'Cultural Enclaves' Category

Icebergs, dead ahead.

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

South Sandwich Islands
This appears to be the southernmost hi-resolution map on Google maps and the only map, as far as I can tell that has hi-res icebergs. The zoom button on the map lets you get in pretty close.
The South Sandwich Islands were discovered by Captain James Cook on February 2, […]

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The Isle of Sark

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006

The first entry of this project is the Isle of Sark, which can be mapped here.
Located in the English Channel, it is the smallest independent state in the British Commonwealth. Populated by monastic communities in the Middle Ages, the island was mostly uninhabited until 1565, when, under charter from Queen Elizabeth I, 40 […]

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Enclaves of the world

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006

I’m going to start cataloguing different cultural or geographic groups throughout the world. Places that I come across that I had no idea existed. Maybe some sort of relation between them will become apparent over time.

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