On 24-3-2015 10:35, Stephen wrote:
> On 24/03/2015 08:39, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> This:
>> http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-32004102
>>
>> would be an excellent start :-)
>
>
> You saw that. I thought you might be interested. :-)
> I wonder what else is tucked away in the back of a drawer?
>

A lot of wonders, no doubt. A significant number of recent discoveries 
have been made from specimens tucked away in dusty drawers for decades.

Those maps are marvellous, not only for the beautiful way they have been 
made but also for the fact that a single man collected all the data and 
put them together comprehensively. And the maps are still broadly correct.

-- 
Thomas

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