Someone stuffed an old map from the 1600’s into a chimney

Edinburgh, Scotland

Measuring seven feet by five feet, the map, backed by canvas, has views of magnificent cities and was an expensive and powerful symbol of status.

But then times changed and it was rolled up and stuff up a chimney. Recently, it was given to the National Library of Scotland, in terrible condition. Attacked by mice and bugs, it was brittle, fragmented and faded. But with painstaking work, the museum was able to restore parts of it.

Read the story HERE, and watch a video about it HERE!