Opening Slide Show: 3


Source: Image from WTL's document files; from fifteenth-century Spanish portolan of eastern Atlantic
Images: Sea monster, ocean, exploration ships, Catholic altar, toponyms
Metaphors: Humans in nature; sea monster, Spanish islands
Perspectives: (A) medieval European superstition; (B) exploration, conquest around/despite danger
Humanities: Art (woodcut); religion (Catholicism); adventure, danger, fear; discovery; geography; syncretism