Maps have always fascinated me. 1838 Burr Map of Poughkeepsie available for viewing at: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cb3c4780-c5ed-012f-c5cc-58d385a7bc34?canvasIndex=0 When I first studied maps and globes in a unit on the explorers in elementary school, I traced the route of Henry Hudson as he attempted to find a northwest passage to the exotic land of China. We children already …
