I chose “Vasco da Gama’s First Voyage” as my expedition. This expedition stood out to me because it worked around Africa and went to India, which I thought would be interesting to try and map. The map itself has a quite accurate notation of Africa’s coastline, though asside from this there are areas that look a little funny. For example, madagascar is shown much more south than it actually is. The red sea is also a lot wider (and more of a blob) than in reality.

By plotting these maps under their actual points, we can get a better idea of how the voyages were made. It’s much more difficult to follow tracks when the maps themselves are warped in proportion and location. The public can take a look at these and directly understand what the original inscryption was meant to represent. Though, by warping the map we do loose what the original cartographer was thinking the area looked like. We could make deducions about how a journey went based on the intentional designs (though imperfections) of the map.