Why Ancient Mapmakers Were Terrified of Blank Spaces
Inventing cities, mountains, and monsters to fill the empty spaces on maps is a centuries-old tradition in cartography.
▻https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/11/maps-history-horror-vacui-art-cartography-blank-spaces/?sf222260305=1
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