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Micronations

Robert W. Karrow Jr., curator of maps at the Newberry Library in Chicago, holds an early 19th century pocket globe produced in England Wednesday, April 18, 2007, at the Newberry Library in Chicago. The softball-sized globe will be part of an exhibition called “Maps: Finding Our Place in the World,” opening Nov. 2 at Chicago’s Field Museum, featuring some of the world’s most famous maps. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Robert W. Karrow Jr., curator of maps at the Newberry Library in Chicago, holds an early 19th century pocket globe produced in England Wednesday, April 18, 2007, at the Newberry Library in Chicago. The softball-sized globe will be part of an exhibition called “Maps: Finding Our Place in the World,” opening Nov. 2 at Chicago’s Field Museum, featuring some of the world’s most famous maps. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Image: AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast
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