Roots Of Knowledge Panel O2

Roots Of Knowledge Panel O2

Lining the top of this window is a gallery of explorers that includes Prince Henry the Navigator, Vasco de Gama, Christopher Columbus, Zheng He, and Henry Hudson. The tatters on the paper resemble the topography chart of the seafloor of the Atlantic Ocean between Portugal and the Americas. In the scene below, a galleon sails by Lisbon and the cliffs of the Cape of Good Hope at the southern end of the African continent.