Eighth paragraph: "Explorers have long filled in our understanding of the world, using and then discarding the sexton, the compass, MapQuest." This should be "sextant". A sexton is a maintenance person in a church. Todd Minsk [log in to unmask] Hanover, NH USA ________________________________________ From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Joel Kovarsky [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, February 10, 2017 9:39 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: "Here be the Dragons" and modern mapping This is a nice essay: <http://www.vqronline.org/essays-articles/2017/01/here-be-dragons>. John Hessler from the LC Geography & Map Division is one of the people interviewed for the piece. Joel Kovarsky