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Map of WW2 Nazi Loot Treasure Buried in the Netherlands (#1)
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Map recently released by National Archives of the Netherlands. Location: Ommeren, Netherlands. **That treasure hasn't been found yet**. Dutch report translates: *" 'Schatkaart Ommeren NL-HaNA 2.09.49 - N.925'. Documents concerning the investigation into the precious stones and coins (Schat-Lienden) buried near Ommeren and Lienden (Betuwe), which were robbed in Arnhem in August 1944, 1946-1947."* **Note - Map#1**: First attempt of geolocation - still under verification. Probably new version further. Map's geolocation is only approximate, there are certainly some displacements, since it's an original hand drawn map with inherent distortions. Main paths can be recognized on traces of contemporary roads. Source image: [NL Nationaal Archief photo](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=544707411025431&set=a.341360968026744&type=3&theater) Archive: [2.09.49 Inventaris](https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/archief/2.09.49?query=2.09.49&search-type=description&start=0) License: [Public Domain](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Processed and georeferenced by Soar.
economic - history - politics
#WW2 #Netherlands #Nazist #Loot #Treasure #History
The Oldest Known Map in Europe
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**The engraved slab of Saint-Bélec** was found in France, constituting the side of a tomb from the Late Bronze Age (near 1500 BCE). Its engravings were probably made on the Early Bronze Age or Late Neolithic (3500 to 2500 BCE). Geolocation as proposed by [Clement Nicolas et alli, 2022](https://hal.science/hal-03507764). Processed by Soar.
earth-art - environment - history
#History #Archaeology #Europe #France #Neolithic #Bronze Age
Operation Overlord - 6 June 1944 - Army Group HQ Situtation Map
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A situation map from the Engineer Section ,Twelfth Army Group HQ showing landing sites at the 5 beaches (Omaha, Utah, Sword, Gold and Juno) of the Allied units during Operation Overlord (the D-Day landings). This map also includes the known dispositions of German Army and Waffen-SS forces. Prepared by Allied Forces. Army Group, 12th. Engineer Section. United States Army. Army Group, 1st. Headquarters. Sourced from the Library of Congress WW2 Military Situations Maps Collection. https://www.loc.gov/collections/world-war-ii-maps-military-situation-maps-from-1944-to-1945/
history
#WW2 #OperationOverlord #D-Day #USArmy #Normandy #SituationMap
Chart of the First Submarine Atlantic Telegraph, 1858
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Shows land telegraph cables in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Europe, and north Africa, submarine cables, steamship routes, and proposed lines. Relief shown by contours. Depths shown by soundings. Published by W.J. Barker & R.K. Kuhns, 1858. USA Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division. Reference: [loc.gov](https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593216/) Georeferenced by Soar
history - marine-nautical
#LibraryofCongress #Geography #Submarine #Atlantic #Telegraph
Early Human Migrations - Out of Africa
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Peopling of the world by early humans since ~70,000 years ago. Recent African origin of anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens), "**Out of Africa**" theory ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_human_migrations#Coastal_migration)). Figures are in thousands of years ago (kya). In the context of the theory of [Southern Dispersal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Dispersal). Adapted by Soar.Earth
agriculture - history - politics
#history #archaeology #anthropology #paleoanthropology
Glen Canyon Dam Construction (1/3): 1955, USA
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Glen Canyon Dam is the 3rd highest dam in the US (after Oroville and Hoover Dams), 220m high, constructed between the years of 1956-1966 as an arch-gravity concrete dam type, located in a curve of the Colorado River in northern Arizona, United States. It forms Lake Powell, one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the U.S. 4th Nov 1955 (1.5m/px): Before construction 1st Oct 1958 (50cm/px): During construction 29th Mar 1966 (25cm/px): After - Filling **-Compare with actual images** Source: USGS/EROS-Archive Aerial Photography - Single Frames [Glen Canyon Dam in Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Canyon_Dam)
history - imagery
#USGS #Aerial #Dam #Engineering
Archaelogy in Bolivian Amazon (2/3): Cotoca
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**"Pre-Hispanic urbanism in the Bolivian Amazon".** [Laser scanning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidar) data of archaeological sites of agrarian-based settlements from Casarabe culture (~500 to 1400 AD) in the Llanos de Mojos savannah–forest, Bolivia, southwest Amazonia. List of selected maps in SOAR platform: - Fig.1: Full map of the area - **Fig.2: Cotoca site (This map)** - Fig.5: Landivar site Source: *Prümers, H., Betancourt, C.J., Iriarte, J. et al. Nature, 25 May 2022 (CC BY 4.0)* [(Link for original article)](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04780-4).
elevation-topography - history
#Archaelogy #Bolivia #Amazon
Archaelogy in Bolivian Amazon (1/3): Full Map
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**"Pre-Hispanic urbanism in the Bolivian Amazon".** [Laser scanning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidar) data of archaeological sites of agrarian-based settlements from Casarabe culture (~500 to 1400 AD) in the Llanos de Mojos savannah–forest, Bolivia, southwest Amazonia. List of selected maps in SOAR platform: - **Fig.1: Full map of the area (This map)** - Fig.2: Cotoca site - Fig.5: Landivar site Source: *Prümers, H., Betancourt, C.J., Iriarte, J. et al. Nature, 25 May 2022 (CC BY 4.0)* [(Link for original article)](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04780-4).
elevation-topography - history
#Archaelogy #Bolivia #Amazon
Archaelogy in Bolivian Amazon (3/3): Landivar
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**"Pre-Hispanic urbanism in the Bolivian Amazon".** [Laser scanning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidar) data of archaeological sites of agrarian-based settlements from Casarabe culture (~500 to 1400 AD) in the Llanos de Mojos savannah–forest, Bolivia, southwest Amazonia. List of selected maps in SOAR platform: - Fig.1: Full map of the area - Fig.2: Cotoca site - **Fig.5: Landivar site (This map)** Source: *Prümers, H., Betancourt, C.J., Iriarte, J. et al. Nature, 25 May 2022 (CC BY 4.0)* [(Link for original article)](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04780-4).
elevation-topography - history
#Archaelogy #Bolivia #Amazon
Captain Cook's Map of Sydney, Australia, 1770
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Botany Bay Map, georeferenced map (slightly adjusted to avoid greater distortions). Source: "A Journal of the proceedings of His Majesty's Bark Endeavour on a voyage round the world, by Lieutenant James Cook, Commander, commencing the 25th of May 1768 - 23 Oct. 1770". J. Gibson engravers. Collections of the State Library of New South Wales. https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1wN2D8Bn/jj6egQ8z3Jev3 (image 367).
history - marine-nautical - politics
#History #Australia #Sydney
Operation Overlord - 13 June 1944 - Army Group HQ Situation Map
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A situation map from the Engineer Section, 12th Army Group HQ. The British under Montgomery strengthen their positions and slow the pace of advance north of Caen which did not fall into the hands of the Allies. Advanced elements of the 7th British Armored Division reach Villers-Bocage. A counterattack by Witmann's panzers inflicts heavy losses on the British 7th Armored Div. The 502nd and 506th of the 101st Airborne Division free the whole of Carentan. Tothe southwest, the 175th US Infantry Division takes a height that overhangs the road linking Bayeux to Saint-Lô. Prepared by Allied Forces. Army Group, 12th. Engineer Section. United States Army. Army Group, 1st. Headquarters. Sourced from the Library of Congress WW2 Military Situations Maps Collection at https://www.loc.gov/item/2004629046/
history
#WW2 #Normandy #US Army #British Army
Northwest France 1944. Allied invasion forces and German dispositions 6th June 1944.
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Complementing the 12th US Army Group HQ daily situation maps, this map shows the planned invasion routs and target landing locations for Operation Overlord. Included are the known disposition of the German Wermacht and Waffen-SS units at the time of the invasion. Prepared by the US Military Academy - West Point Digital History Center. Original available at: https://s3.amazonaws.com/usma-media/inline-images/academics/academic_departments/history/WWII%20Europe%20Med/WWIIEurope58.jpg
history
#WW2 #Operation Overlord #D-Day #6 June #Normandy #West Point #Digital History Center
Glen Canyon Dam Construction (3/3): 1966, USA
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Glen Canyon Dam is the 3rd highest dam in the US (after Oroville and Hoover Dams), 220m high, constructed between the years of 1956-1966 as an arch-gravity concrete dam type, located in a curve of the Colorado River in northern Arizona, United States. It forms Lake Powell, one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the U.S. 4th Nov 1955 (1.5m/px): Before construction 1st Oct 1958 (50cm/px): During construction 29th Mar 1966 (25cm/px): After - Filling **-Compare with actual images** Source: USGS/EROS-Archive Aerial Photography - Single Frames [Glen Canyon Dam in Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Canyon_Dam)
history - imagery
#USGS #Historic #Aerial #Dam #Engineering #USA
Glen Canyon Dam Construction (2/3): 1958, USA
by History
Glen Canyon Dam is the 3rd highest dam in the US (after Oroville and Hoover Dams), 220m high, constructed between the years of 1956-1966 as an arch-gravity concrete dam type, located in a curve of the Colorado River in northern Arizona, United States. It forms Lake Powell, one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the U.S. 4th Nov 1955 (1.5m/px): Before construction 1st Oct 1958 (50cm/px): During construction 29th Mar 1966 (25cm/px): After - Filling **-Compare with actual images** Source: USGS/EROS-Archive Aerial Photography - Single Frames [Glen Canyon Dam in Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Canyon_Dam)
history - imagery
#USGS #Historic #Aerial #Dam #Engineering #USA
Normandy 1944. The capture of Cherbourg and operations. 13-30 June 1944.
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Complementing 12th Army Army Group HQ daily situation maps, this summarises operations between 13 - 30 June 1944 and the capture of the port of Cherbourg. Prepared by the US Military Academy - West Point Digital History Center. Original available at: https://s3.amazonaws.com/usma-media/inline-images/academics/academic_departments/history/WWII%20Europe%20Med/WWIIEurope58.jpg
history
#WW2 #Operation Overlord #Normandy #US Army #British Army #Cherbourg #West Point #Digital History Center
Normandy 1944. Invasion and Operations 6-12 June 1944
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Complementing the Operation Overlord 12th US Army Group daily situation maps, this summarises the Allied invasion progress between 6-12 June 1944. Prepared by the US Military Academy - West Point Digital History Center. Original available at: https://s3.amazonaws.com/usma-media/inline-images/academics/academic_departments/history/WWII%20Europe%20Med/WWIIEurope55.jpg
history
#WW2 #Operation Overlord #D -Day #Normandy #West Point #Digital History Centre
Operation Overlord - 7 June 1944 - Army Group HQ
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A situation map from the Engineer Section, 12th Army Group HQ showing Allied advances showing Allied advances from the Normandy beachheads and airheads during Operation Overlord (the D-Day landings). This map also includes the known dispositions of German Army and Waffen-SS forces. Prepared by Allied Forces. Army Group, 12th. Engineer Section. United States Army. Army Group, 1st. Headquarters. Sourced from the Library of Congress WW2 Military Situations Maps Collection. https://www.loc.gov/collections/world-war-ii-maps-military-situation-maps-from-1944-to-1945/
history
#WW2 #Operation Overlord #D-Day #US Army #Normandy #Situation Map
Operation Overlord - 12 June 1944 - Army Group HQ Situation Map
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A situation map from the Twelfth Engineer Section Army Group 1st HQ showing the advances of the Allies form the Normandy beachheads. The 502nd and 506th regiments of the 101st Airborne Division manage to control part of the town of Carentan in the evening after difficult street fighting. The junction between US troops from Utah Beach and those from Omaha Beach is now complete. The British continued fighting in the direction of Villers-Bocage on the road from Caen to Vire. Most of the armored divisions with Tiger tanks are grouped north and northwest of Caen, and provide stiff resistance to the British Advance. Prepared by Allied Forces. Army Group, 12th. Engineer Section. United States Army. Army Group, 1st. Headquarters. Sourced from the Library of Congress WW2 Military Situations Maps Collection. https://www.loc.gov/collections/world-war-ii-maps-military-situation-maps-from-1944-to-1945/
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#WW2 #Operation Overlord #Normandy #US Army #British Army #Carentan #Villiers Bocage #Situation Map
Operation Overlord - 11 June 1944 - Army Group HQ Siutation Map
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A situation map from the Engineer Section, 12th Army Group HQ showing the advances to Carentan by the US 506/101 Airborne and Villiers Bocage by British units. 46 Royal Marines Commando liberate Cairon from 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend. Prepared by Allied Forces. Army Group, 12th. Engineer Section. United States Army. Army Group, 1st. Headquarters. Sourced from the Library of Congress WW2 Military Situations Maps Collection. https://www.loc.gov/collections/world-war-ii-maps-military-situation-maps-from-1944-to-1945/
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#WW2 #Operation Overlord #US Army #British Army #Carentan #Villiers Bocage #Cairon #Situation Map
Operation Overlord - 8 June 1944 - Army Group HQ Situation Map
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A situation map from the Engineer Section, 12th Army Group HQ showing the advances towards the strategic towns of Caen and St. Mere Eglise during Operation Overlord (the D-Day landings). This map also includes the known dispositions of German Army and Waffen-SS forces in response to the advancing allied Army Prepared by Allied Forces. Army Group, 12th. Engineer Section. United States Army. Army Group, 1st. Headquarters. Sourced from the Library of Congress WW2 Military Situations Maps Collection. https://www.loc.gov/collections/world-war-ii-maps-military-situation-maps-from-1944-to-1945/
history
#WW2 #Operation Overlord #D-Day #Normandy #US Army #British Army #Situatuon Map #Caen #St Mere Eglise