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The Ancient Earth Globe<\/a> is a virtual globe that depicts the Earth of the distant past, with continents and oceans rearranged. Created by Ian Webster<\/a>, it uses map data from the PALEOMAP project<\/a>. [Strange Maps<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ancient Earth Globe is a virtual globe that depicts the Earth of the distant past, with continents and oceans rearranged. Created by Ian Webster, it uses map data from the PALEOMAP project. 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