Terra Incognita
EverGreene Painting Studios
Oil on Canvas
1993-1994
The map is inscribed "Terra Incognita" (Latin for
"Unknown Territory"). On it, the names of the original
Native American tribes of the eastern coast of North America appear in
the tribes' approximate geographic locations. This first map shows the
edge of the continent before the arrival of Columbus, whose three
ships are depicted crossing the ocean.
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