Tortuga
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I’ve long been fascinated with maps, and so it seems are many of many of my fellow artists. I came across this lovely 17th Century map of the island of Tortuga very much by chance. Ye olde maps were very often drawn from a different perspective to the view from directly above that we’re familiar with today as seen in the picture above.
Tortuga is a Caribbean island that forms part of Haiti and was well know as a pirate stronghold during the 17th Century.
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