A botanist and sickly physician from a wealthy Virginia family who went to London and there decided to draw his map to convince the British of the threat of French colonialists in the north. Not a professional map-maker but considered himself a geographer. Thanks for the question. I love these deep dives into maps, meaning and memory of place. Thanks for reading and restacking!
“Considered himself a geographer,,,” being a botanist and doctor I guess he could do whatever he wanted. Never ceases to amaze me how much power and license these fellas asserted.
I like how you identified Elm Point on the map. I gave that quirk of map-making a supporting role in my novel. I'd love to hear what you might dig up about the history of that isolated patch of land that hangs off Buffalo Point, and how the US and Canada have treated it over the years.
I might ask for assistance in that effort to learn more about that piece that hangs off Buffalo Point. I think I saw it is for sale and I am so curious! On the research trip list for when the ice melts in June.
I'm still trying to find out how it came to be called a "chimney" but that's what everyone in Minnesota referred to that shape on the map when I was a kid.
I looked it up as a geographical term and it is considered a pene-exclave. Not an enclave, but related notion. The lake is the center of a whole community white settlers didn't consider in dividing up lands they "discovered."
John Mitchell sure was confused where was he from and how did he become an authority?
A botanist and sickly physician from a wealthy Virginia family who went to London and there decided to draw his map to convince the British of the threat of French colonialists in the north. Not a professional map-maker but considered himself a geographer. Thanks for the question. I love these deep dives into maps, meaning and memory of place. Thanks for reading and restacking!
“Considered himself a geographer,,,” being a botanist and doctor I guess he could do whatever he wanted. Never ceases to amaze me how much power and license these fellas asserted.
Educated at Edinburgh University, he was born into power; the diploma gave him license, eh?
I like how you identified Elm Point on the map. I gave that quirk of map-making a supporting role in my novel. I'd love to hear what you might dig up about the history of that isolated patch of land that hangs off Buffalo Point, and how the US and Canada have treated it over the years.
I might ask for assistance in that effort to learn more about that piece that hangs off Buffalo Point. I think I saw it is for sale and I am so curious! On the research trip list for when the ice melts in June.
Fascinating Jill, I had no idea about that little chimney in Minnesota.
I'm still trying to find out how it came to be called a "chimney" but that's what everyone in Minnesota referred to that shape on the map when I was a kid.
Especially since it’s surrounded by water and Canada.
I looked it up as a geographical term and it is considered a pene-exclave. Not an enclave, but related notion. The lake is the center of a whole community white settlers didn't consider in dividing up lands they "discovered."
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The puzzle pieces of land have such complicated and inconsistent histories!