TB vs AI: Turgot’s Map – 1739
What do you know about Turgot’s Map from 1739? From how high up was the perspective drawn? Did Michel-Etienne Turgot use a balloon or floating device to draw this perspective?
Turgot’s Map – 1739 Detailed Aerial View
Plan of Paris, known as Turgot’s Map – 1739 Michel-Étienne Turgot (1690-1751), at the head of the Parisian municipality as provost of merchants, decided to commission a new plan of…
The Mongol Empire Never Existed
Until the end of the 19th century, there was no such thing as a so-called “Mongol Empire” or “Golden Horde” in the history books. This myth was invented very recently…
The Giant Puppets of Royal De Luxe
What do we see today with the Giant Puppets of Royal De Luxe? In the giant puppet show, crowds of people form to see and clap for these “puppets”, so…
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