Charting the Land of Flowers: Exploration and Mapmaking in Spanish Florida

Charting the Land of Flowers: Exploration and Mapmaking in Spanish Florida

  1. Social Education
  2. Social Education January/February 2013
  3. Charting the Land of Flowers: Exploration and Mapmaking in Spanish Florida

Authors:

Rodney Kite-Powell

Page:14

Journal Issue:

Issue
Social Education January/February 2013

Special Section:The Hispanic Heritage of North America: Commemorating 500 Years

Two key maps that show the known world from the European perspective before Christopher Columbus's voyages illustrate the knowledge of intellectuals of that period and reveal tales of exploration, conflict, and change.