One reason mapmakers may have done this is to hide their ignorance, says Van Duzer. When the Dutch mapmaker Pieter van den Keere made a world map in 1611 (see above), the interior of North America ...

Instructions. 1. Download the nine page PDF documents.. World Coloring Map; U.S. Coloring Map; 2. Print the eight map panels and the key to flag colors on the ninth page.. 3. Trim the unprinted ...