MARCH 10 "FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN"
An interesting map is on display in the British Museum
in London . It's
an old mariner's chart, drawn in 1525, outlining the North American
coastline and adjacent waters. The cartographer made some intriguing notations
on areas of the map that represented regions not yet explored (Mayflower landed
in 1620) . He wrote: "Here be giants," "Here be fiery
scorpions," and "Here be dragons." Eventually, the map came into
the possession of Sir John Franklin, a British explorer in the early 1800s.
Scratching out the fearful inscriptions, he wrote these words across the map:
"Here is God."
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