This map is part of the gallery at Jamestown Island. Clearly they had a different understanding of the geography of the "The Atlantic World" than we do now.
June 24, 2012
The World In 1607, Jamestown Island, Virginia
This map is part of the gallery at Jamestown Island. Clearly they had a different understanding of the geography of the "The Atlantic World" than we do now.
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The age of discovery...
and there is Florida...lovely!
It is so interesting to see the perspectives of 400 years ago... Glad that they got Flori-da in there but a bit small.
Bises,
Genie
That's very interesting!
That's very interesting!
Cool map, where is Maryland? Hope you are having a great day!
Always fascinating to see how people viewed our country many years ago.
Considering that they had very poor technology for these things, it is actually pretty good...
very nice and good work, keep it up, most of all which i like most is the quality of writing and subject.thanks for this great post.
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