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Exploration
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Timeline of Embellishments
1651
1606
1630
1641
1606-1620
1587
"The silence desocialized the space, and the map became a justification to appropriate territory."
-Thomas J. Bassett
"Even when the rational for such commercial exploits was couched [with] religious justification, the concept of acquisition and profit remained central to the principles of expansion."
-Jerry Brotton
"More lifelike creatures were available and were copied onto maps, and in addition, human beings' technological advantages gave them control over the creatures... and depictions that reflected these developments effectively removed animals portrayed from the category of monster."
-Richard W. Unger
1715-1724
1647
1646
1650
1820
1725
1825
1720
1750
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1575
1776
1774
1777
1770
1759
1725
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1720
"I had always thought that the sailors who spoke of flying fish were telling us tall tales; however, experience showed me that they really did exist."
-Jean de Lery, 1578
1784
1794
1780-1789
1777
1745
1740
1730
1606
"Authority was based on the assumption of map readers that they were viewing objective and accurate representations of reality... maps helped produce empire by enabling and legitimating the process of colonization."
-Thomas J. Bassett