Maps… The First Map of Roanoke Island 17 Mar 2019March 25, 2019 John White produced the first English map of Roanoke Island as a rough sketch entitled "a description of the land of Virginia." It was the first English map of America…
Documents… Unicorns on Pierre Desceliers’ Mappemonde (1546) 11 Jan 2019January 11, 2019 In an earlier post, I discussed why a unicorn appeared on the mappemonde created by Pierre Desceliers. Since then, I reexamined a digital copy of the map and found another…
