Discovering the World

I'm at a friend's house today, social distancing, of course.  I'm sitting in her dining room, and looking around for inspiration.  She loves maps.  She has a wooden cut out of the contiguous US and one of the Chesapeake Bay.

It got me to thinking.  How in the world did explorers in the 1400s make maps?  It isn't like they were able to see the land and the terrain from above.  Compare to today's maps, they aren't perfect, but they were pretty darn close.

I found an article found on Discover Magazine's website, where writer Julie Rehmer interviewed John Hessler, a curator at the Library of Congress, where one of his duties is maintaining the vault that holds the institution’s most rare and important maps.

He studied a map of the Mediterranean Sea and it's ports, and discovered that it is really close to a modern map.  Between sailing around the edges of the sea, using a compass, mathematics, triangulation, etc, an explorer/cartographer was able to create a very detailed map.  For the first time, between 1290 and 1350, sailors and sea captains were able to sail in this sea with accuracy.

I think he must have really paid attention to details, and spoken to people, asking them questions, especially those working at the docks in the ports.  Questions like, when that ship came around the bend, which angle was it coming from?  How fast was it coming in?  What was the weather like?

I think he must have asked a lot of questions to a lot of people, to get a clear picture of what the Mediterranean looked like accurately, so he could produce a map that helped thousands of sea-faring captains and crews.

This is a map of the Mediterranean Sea from the 15th century.  Look how accurate it is.

It's kind of like what I do.  I want to discover wonderful things about my clients and their families.  I want to create a map, so to speak, of their relationships, triangulate their moments, use a compass to help them follow their hearts.  Then I plan their session, using special details, to make it perfect.

The details lie in the decor of the home, the colors used, their lifestyle, and most importantly, their emotions and what the love about each other.

What does your family map look like?  Let's find out with a discovery call!

Bee in love with the heartwork of your life.