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1757-58 C. Linnaeus: "Systema Naturæ," detail of a page in Volume I The most well-known instances of children being reared by animals such as wolves, apes, monkeys, and bears includes Romulus and Remus, Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli, and Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan. In the mid-18th century, Swedish biologist and physician Carl Linnaeus (1757-58) formalized the modern system of naming organisms, and is known as the "father of modern taxonomy." The above image of a page from his t

1648-49 Joan Blaeu: "MAGNI DVCATVS LITHVANIÆ..." in the 1st State. Lithuania Poland Maps: https://lpmaps.lt/lt In 1648-49 Joan Blaeu first published a flipped-on-the-side (so that compass North is on the right) and reduced (44 x 52 cm vs. 76 x 74 cm) version of his seminal dated-1613 map "MAGNI DVCATUS LITHVANIAE." for the "Atlas Maior." A second state of the plate, published 1649-72, can be identified by a change in the latitude labels on the upper right frame, courtesy of A

That's a quote from a May 28 New York Times article by Emma Bubola and Ryan Mac quoting Martin Varsavsky, a Spanish-Argentine tech entrepreneur close to right-wing billionaire/wing-nut Richard Thiel, who has purchased a mansion in Buenos Aires as well as land in Uruguay where speculation has it that he has built a bunker capable of surviving nuclear war. Varsavsky has built a ranch in Mendoza, Argentina, which he sees as a potential shelter from World War III. He thinks Argen

Dated 1749 Nieprzecki/Mayer/Homann Heirs: "MAGNI DVCATVS LITVANIAE..." in the 1st State. Sourced from the National Library of Denmark and Copenhagen University Library: http://www.kb.dk/maps/ This important map of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Magni Dvcatvs Litvaniae), dated and first published in 1749 in Nuremberg (Norimbergæ), Germany, by Homann Heirs (Homannianorum Heredum), was created by Tobias Mayer (Tobia Mojero), mathematician, astronomer and mapmaker, based upon a ma