Bonus

Random stuff to study and rare images to help you pass the time in case you need it…

Examples showing contruction and weight struggles we experience today…

Now please compare the images below with the info as shown above. It shows something else…Take all the time you need.

Some more on the Notre Dame reconstruction…they’re really doing a great job, but it takes a lot of effort (with heavy equipment and modern technology).

Faking history?

Macanese artist Erik Fok mixes old and new elements to create “fake history” in his meticulously detailed hand drawn maps.

source: https://topics.amcham.com.tw/2021/07/mapping-taiwan/

Fort Zeelandia was a fortress built over ten years from 1624 to 1634 by the Dutch East India Company (VOC), in the town of Anping (now Anping District of Tainan) on Formosa, the former name of central island of Taiwan, during their 38-year rule over the western part of the island.