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Category: Exploration, Colonization and Settlement (1492-1763)

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The Mind of the Mapmaker: Purpose and Point of View in Maps

Posted by: Danna Bell

In the January/February 2016 "Sources and Strategies" article in Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, Cheryl Lederle and I focus on helping students understand cartographers’ purpose through comparing two 16th century maps: Americae sive quartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio by Diego Gutierrez and page 18 of Theatrum orbis terrarium by Abraham Ortelius.