Question

How were maps useful for the explanation of colonies​

Answer 1

Introduction

Maps as we know them today are the result of millennia of study and observation. Unlike modern maps, which focus on the exact lay of the land, the creations of ancient European mapmakers emphasized roads, cities, rivers, and safe harbors, since other details were not as important to travelers and traders at the time (Madan 25). As the needs of European cultures changed, so did the details on the maps. Indeed, the height of European colonialism saw some of greatest developments in map-making techniques and actually led to the development of what we conceive of as the modern map