Khi bản đồ chính là kho báu

“There is an incredibly (khó tin nổi, đáng kinh ngạc, đến nỗi không ngờ) broad range of people around the world who are interested in maps because they’re such extraordinary (phi thường) objects,” Sunderland-Cohen said. “Some people just like to admire them. And they trigger all sorts of imaginative stories (câu chuyện giàu trí tưởng tượng), like ‘Treasure Island’ (đảo giấu vàng) or the map at the beginning of ‘The Lord of the Rings.’”

The maps are artifacts (hiện vật) of people’s efforts to pinpoint (xác định chính xác) where they were and where they were going next in the age before the emergence of GPS and phones that could tell us exactly where we are. Each map often has its own story. Perhaps it was made by a now-famous artist like Albrecht Dürer, represents the first known map of a certain area or was created using technology that was new for that time.

source: nytimes,