Monday, 23 December 2013

12 Maps of America From Before We Knew What It Looked Like

12 Maps of America From Before We Knew What It Looked Like
Dec 23rd 2013, 14:00, by Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

12 Maps of America From Before We Knew What It Looked Like
The island of California. A huge triangle of land called Florida. A great ocean that cut down from the Arctic into the Midwest. As the New World came into focus beginning in the 17th century, explorers and cartographers struggled to measure a massive expanse of land that would take centuries to accurately map.
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