PugJesus@piefed.social to History Gallery@quokk.auEnglish · 14 days agoTenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec Empire (now part of Mexico), map printed in Germany, 1524 ADmedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10 cross-posted to: map_enthusiastshistoryartifacts@piefed.socialhistoryart@piefed.social
arrow-up122arrow-down1imageTenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec Empire (now part of Mexico), map printed in Germany, 1524 ADmedia.piefed.socialPugJesus@piefed.social to History Gallery@quokk.auEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square3linkfedilink cross-posted to: map_enthusiastshistoryartifacts@piefed.socialhistoryart@piefed.social
minus-squareGorklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 days agoThose buildings look very European. Pretty sure they didn’t look like that.
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days agoEuropean mapmaking of the time tended to portray detail-work with… well, European architectural conventions. The important bit is the layout.
Those buildings look very European. Pretty sure they didn’t look like that.
European mapmaking of the time tended to portray detail-work with… well, European architectural conventions. The important bit is the layout.