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7. Explain during which century you think this map was drawn, and comment how America's achievements may have met or exceeded the expectations of the cartographer or other people of his time.  I would imagine this map being from the mid-1400s, to the mid-1500s.  Also North America is very small here due to lack of exploration.  I think that if the cartographer (map-maker) could have seen America today, I think it would most definitely impress him on how large prosperous this “little patch of land” that he saw it to be, actually was.

7. Explain during which century you think this map was drawn, and comment how America's achievements may have met or exceeded the expectations of the cartographer or other people of his time.  I would imagine this map being from the mid-1400s, to the mid-1500s.  Also North America is very small here due to lack of exploration.  I think that if the cartographer (map-maker) could have seen America today, I think it would most definitely impress him on how large prosperous this “little patch of land” that he saw it to be, actually was.