13. Royal Library of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain 🇪🇸
14. Clementinum Library, Czech Republic 🇨🇿
15. National Library of France, France 🇫🇷
16. Library of Parliament, Canada 🇨🇦
17. El Ateneo Grand Splendid, Argentina 🇦🇷
18. Austrian National Library, Austria 🇦🇹
19. Joanina Library, Portugal 🇵🇹
20. Vatican Apostolic Library, Vatican City 🇻🇦
21. State Law Library of Iowa, USA 🇺🇸
22. Bodleian Library, England 🏴
The main research library of the University of Oxford is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and second-largest library in Britain after the British Library.
23. Rijksmuseum Research Library, Netherlands 🇳🇱
24. Morgan Library & Museum, USA 🇺🇸
25. Biblioteca Casanatense, Italy 🇮🇹
26. Szabo Ervin Library, Hungary 🇭🇺
27. Bibliothèque de l'Assemblée nationale, France 🇫🇷
28. George Peabody Library, USA 🇺🇸
29. John Rylands Library, England 🏴
30. Biblioteca Marciana, Italy 🇮🇹
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1. Panama Canal: The Kiss of the Oceans (1923 postcard)
2. Likely crafted in Florence, this globe made from two ostrich eggs may be the first known globe depicting the New World.
Dating back to the early 1500s, it features the inscription HC SVNT DRACONES ("Here are the Dragons"), positioned above the southeastern coast of Asia.
3. An arctic continent is depicted on the Gerardus Mercator map of 1595.
On several ancient maps, a land called Hyperborea is often shown as an Arctic continent and described as "Terra Septemtrionalis Incognita" (Unknown Northern Land).
Built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, this iconic white marble mausoleum is celebrated worldwide for its breathtaking architecture and is revered as a symbol of eternal love.
3. The Mausoleum of Hadrian, Rome
Also kwown as Castel Sant'Angelo, it was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family.
At one point, it held the title of the tallest building in Rome.