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The work was found in a rock shelter located to the south of Paris, France, that features prehistoric engravings ...

Depending on how old you are, you might remember having to pull out a paper map to find your way around a place. Back then, ...

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Alberto Cantino, an Italian spy, acquired a Portuguese map showing stunning finds in the New World. This story appears in the March/April 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine.