Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Maps

http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/1734g6b.jpg
In the His Majesty's Colony of Georgia in America  map, I noticed that a lot of the natural foliage was destroyed in order to make a settlement there. This map also shows the European's essentially taking over the land and waterways. The large boats can be seen floating through the water, while the indiginous animals curiously look on. Just from this map of the colony of Georgia, one can sense the Europeans feeling of ownership of the territory, and it doesn't appear that they even remotely respect the land. In Valerie Babb's Crafting Whiteness in Early America, she summed up this sentiment quite well when she stated, "...A growing sense of European entitlement to the Americas is evident."