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Digital
History>eXplorations>Columbus & the
Columbian Exchange>Maps as Windows
Into the Past
Activity
2: Historical Maps as Window into the Past
In
the Western World, there were no maps as we know them until
the
Middle Ages. Map making arose to meet concrete needs:
- To
mark off boundaries
- To
survey terrain
- To
identify trade routes.
Exploration
1: Ptolomy's La Cosmographia 1482 Map
http://www.kbr.be/america/fr/1.htm
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- Where
is the world centered in the 1482 version of Ptolomy's
La Cosmographia?
- What
might this tell us about the attitudes of Europeans on
the eve of Columbus' voyage?
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Exploration
2: Sebastian Munster's 1504 Map
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/lewis_clark/exploring/ch1-2.html
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- How
accurate is Sebastian Munster's 1540 map, the first to
show the Western Hemisphere?
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Exploration
3: Abraham Ortelius's 1570 Map
http://www.newberry.org/nl/smith/slidesets/lg2,6.JPG
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- Compare
Abraham Ortelius's 1570 map to Munster's.
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