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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  1. AnonymousJune 24, 2012

    and there is Florida...lovely!

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  2. 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

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  3. That's very interesting!

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  4. That's very interesting!

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  5. Cool map, where is Maryland? Hope you are having a great day!

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  6. Always fascinating to see how people viewed our country many years ago.

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  7. Considering that they had very poor technology for these things, it is actually pretty good...

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