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Why did Google Maps have a big black smudge before 2012? And why did it disappear? And what does it have to do with Captain Cook? And what is a phantom island?

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Written and presented by JAY FOREMAN https://www.twitter.com/jayforeman MARK COOPER-JONES https://www.twitter.com/markcooperjones

Director/DOP JADE NAGI https://www.twitter.com/jade_nagi

Edited by JAY FOREMAN

Runner ABBY TIMMS

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