#RA-2739Read AloudCore & AcademicMedium
Here Be Dragons
Official Question Material
Prep: 30-40 Seconds
Mediaeval mapmakers supposedly inscribed the phrase "Here Be Dragons" on maps showing unknown regions of the world. Unfortunately, apart from an inscription on a globe, this claim is unfounded. Although there were no dragons, and the inscription "Here Be Dragons" was virtually never used, some of the purported earliest mapmakers did have to deal with real and formidable megafauna.
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