WSL Special Collections holds evidence in a mapping mystery!
From the desk of Sean Lanksbury. PNW & Special Collections Librarian Well, perhaps that title is a touch dramatic, but we are very pleased to share with you a very interesting item with importance to northwest cartographic history. The mystery starts with a gentleman named Sir Francis Drake. Perhaps you have heard of him. If not, then you should know that Sir Francis was the second seafarer to circumnavigate the earth, from 1577 to 1580, second only to Ferdinand Magellan, and…