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Carta Marina — the northern seas, with the monsters drawn exactly where the soundings stopped.

Carta Marina — the northern seas, with the monsters drawn exactly where the soundings stopped.

1539·Olaus Magnus·public domain·commons

Historical and cultural context around encounters represented in voyages.

ChallengeThe Tahitian counter-perspective
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Ahutoru's journey to Paris and the encounter seen from the shore; sources exist in Diderot and secondary PD literature.

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