Blog 2: The Allegory of The Cave through History

   Since the 16th century people believed that California was separated from the North American Mainland.  They even had Maps showing California parted and now in the 21^st century, people find this humorous.  Even through the 18^th century Europeans still were showing this ridiculous theory on Maps. People in those times had no idea that what they believed in was completely false.  There was even a rumor that California was a paradise.  This myth was one of the most famous cartographic errors in history.  They believed that black women lived on this island with no men among them.  There were about 100 maps drawn out of California being separated between 1625-1770. During this time many mapmakers disagreed but never actually brought it up to the rest of the world; so there was a lot of confusion during the 17^th century. 

     This shows that people believe what everyone else around them believes.  For many years people were ignorant on this topic until they finally realized in 1774-1776 that what they have known was false. California was not separated from the rest of North America. All those intelligent map makers and people who went on expeditions were completely wrong. Because of the expeditions of Juan Bautista De Anza we all we opened to the truth. People have illusions and they are mostly all false but they don’t have others that really do know the truth. Even if they told them they probably would deny it automatically because they’ve known that truth for most of their lives. I also have an illusion, if anyone else told me otherwise I would walk away or so my own research on the specific topic.  People now days think they have knowledge about everything and everyone and that’s their opinion and what they think. Others should have their own beliefs not imitate someone who you think is right.