Cartography of Latin America
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Cartography of Latin America
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Cartography of Latin America, map-making of the realms in the Western Hemisphere, was an important aim of European powers expanding into the New World. Both the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese Empire began mapping the realms they explored and settled. They also speculated on the lands that were marked terra incognita. Indigenous groups created maps of their territories, some of which predated the arrival of the Europeans. Maps for Spain also projected "its particular sense of order, religion,
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartography_of_Latin_America
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2023-09-10T11:12:01Z
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