http://shanghaiist.com/2006/01/16/map_purchased_i.php All comments for Map purchased in Shanghai could alter world history en-us 2009 shang_kenneth Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:00:13 +0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss kenneth@shanghaiist.com kenneth@shanghaiist.com 60 http://shanghaiist.com/2006/01/16/map_purchased_i.php#comment-204575 http://shanghaiist.com/2006/01/16/map_purchased_i.php#comment-204575 Comments Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:14:13 +0800 <p>Makes for a great story, but the map is reckoned to be a copy of a European map. See: http://www.froginawell.net/china/?p=75#more-75 For a good overview of the issue and links to discussions about it. </p> http://shanghaiist.com/2006/01/16/map_purchased_i.php#comment-204574 http://shanghaiist.com/2006/01/16/map_purchased_i.php#comment-204574 Comments Tue, 17 Jan 2006 12:33:28 +0800 <p>Hmmm . . . I seem to remember a certain box purchased by an Israeli lawyer that just happened to have the name of Jesus's brother inscribed on it . . . and a certain diary from some dude who blew his brains out in a bunker in Berlin . . . amazing what you can find at curio shops . . . why don't the folks at Antique Roadshow ever come across Washington's wooden vampire fangs?</p>