Tag: Camelids
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WHAT? LLAMAS IN COLONIAL VIRGINIA?
On the upper right corner of his 1671 map of Virginia, Nova Virginiae Tabula, the engraver Jacob van Meurs included a map legend for three elements depicted only as symbols on his map. Thatโs not unusual, you say. Well, what is unusual is the image that surrounds the legend: an Indian, an African American, a…
