Without reliable information, many mapmakers added creative embellishments and fictive geographical features to fill in the large stretches of unknown territory. In this online exhibit, you can explore the variety of ways in which animals helped early mapmakers understand the expanding world of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries
Exhibit
Virtual: How Mapmakers Used Animals to Document the World
Explore how animals helped early European mapmakers understand the expanding world
Jun 24, 2020 through Feb 15, 2023
Open to the public
Location
Online Only
Harvard Map Collection
Harvard Map Collection