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This is a map that shows a European idea of what the world looked like during the age of exploration. Map makers would create detail works of art that heightened the mystery and exoticism that surrounded the Americas and East Asia.

The artist made this sketch of a rhinoceros based on descriptions travelers gave. The artist himself had never seen one. This sketch represents the contact Europeans had with other lands from writings and the facinations that they had with it.

This painting depicts French ambassadors at the court of Henry VIII of England. The globe in the back demonstrates the emphasis on worldliness that was coming about in the early 16th century.

This painting depicts French ambassadors at the court of Henry VIII of England. The globe in the back demonstrates the emphasis on worldliness that was coming about in the early 16th century.

Map of the Americans, 17th century