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First Internet Map by Joyce Reynolds

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ARPANET by Joyce Reynolds, First Internet Map
Courtesy of Walters Art Museum and a private collection in Virginia
ARPANET by Joyce Reynolds, First Internet Map
1982
Printed map
Though today we all turn to Internet for our mapping needs, only 25 short years ago this is what the Internet looked like. In 1982 the Internet consisted of only 88 computers, linked as shown in this diagram-like map.

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