On one of my favorite maps in my collection two trails are prominently posted- the Hudson Bay Trail and the Spanish Trail. After spending a month in Arizona exhibiting in art shows my interest was piqued…what was the Spanish trail and what legends does it contain? In the early to mid-1800s, the Spanish Trail gained […]
Derrotero hecho por Antonia Vélez y Escalante….en el Camino de Monterrey a Santa Fe de Nuebo Mexico. As I was going through some southwest maps recently I came across this map. As a map artist I am most attracted to maps that tell a story. I instantly fell in love with the little characters at […]
It is always said that hindsight is 20/20. However, that is not always the case when it comes to cartography. Going back only reveals the many mistakes that were made throughout the years. It is amazing to see how long a lot of them were propagated. Some lasted for centuries. It makes you chuckle and […]
The Legend of Verrazano’s Sea As seen in one of my newest maps Floridae Americae Provinciae 1564 In the early 1500s there was somewhat of a geographical oddity at work if you were to look at a map of North America. This is partly due to a discovery flaw known […]
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