Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-09-21 16:42:52 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1834F0EAC5F0C66D6F27D28DA148F19B794F564B24E3E756D0407BC465A1376F
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Original Note:
The Rupes Nigra ("Black Rock") was a theoretical black rock located at the magnetic north pole. It originated with a 14th-century Franciscan friar who claimed to have explored the North Atlantic but never did. It was proven false when people explored the area. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupes_Nigra https://gogeomatics.ca/a-world-that-never-was-5-oddities-from-ancient-maps/#:~:text=The%20first%20modern%20explorers%20reached%20the%20north%20pole%20in%20the%20early%2020th%20century https://www.stgeorges-windsor.org/image_of_the_month/mapping-the-unknown/#:~:text=The%20origin%20of,feat%20of%20imagination https://historyguild.org/mistaken-maps-and-the-myths-they-perpetuated/#:~:text=With%20no%20other,was%20proven%20false
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