Geo answer interview

The World

For today’s Geo Quiz we were looking for the name of an area described as the ?land of flowers? on a Chinese map from 1602 that’s on exhibit now at the Library of Congress. The answer is Florida. Anchor Jeb Sharp speaks with Deanna Marcum, Associate Librarian at the Library of Congress, about the map and its history.

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