Reports of cannibalism in the New World date back to Christopher Columbus’s 15th-century voyage, but were secured in cartography by an unmistakable woodcut of a man on a spit in a 1505 report by ...

Explore the Sunderland Collection’s stunning maps and atlases, spanning European mapmakers from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment. Historical maps, like this world map from the Portolan Atlas ...

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Guided by a 17th-century Jesuit's tip, ... • 5mo. A rchaeologists in Peru find a hidden Inca tunnel network, known as the Chinkana, ... to map out the tunnel system more accurately.

However, at the end of the 17th century, sea monsters start to disappear from maps. European understanding of science was growing, and the printing press made the spread of realistic images easier.

To Indigenous people in 17th century Peru, a Madonna image evoked traditional Inca deity. By Orlando Hernández Ying Contributing writer ; Mar 3, 2025 Mar 3, 2025; 1 min to read.