This is an image I found at Facebook. In fact this is the 1st occasion I stumbled at this.
It is supposed to showcase the ancient Chinese map of Earth. It portrays northern hemisphere and it is a part of Chinese Dunhuang Star Atlas from 649 to 684 d.C.
I would like to investigate more on this and I see some Chinese characters written on the image.
I shall be more than glad if I could find someone out there, who is able to translate them to English.
In fact it’s a worthy cause and I request our readers to find more about this and let the others know about the findings as well.
Just go to Google and do some research.
Comments are always welcome !
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Hi Desh,
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