Archaeologist's Ancient Map and Journal

In this module, you discovered the histories of civilizations in Africa and the Americas. You also learned how the Europeans encountered these cultures by traveling the sea in search of gold, spices, slaves, salt, and other goods. For this assignment, imagine an archaeologist at a site in Europe came across two very important artifacts that you, a European explorer who went on three separate voyages to Africa and the Americas, left behind in a time capsule. Specifically, the archaeologist found an ancient map of your journeys as an explorer, and a journal of what you encountered in each culture.
Please create these two primary sources, including the following items in your original map and journal:
Ancient Map
- The European country from which you originated; and
- A path mapping out the journey from your country of origin to three different locations including an African, Mayan, Aztec, or Incan civilization.
Journal
- Two journal entries for each excursion - one detailing the travel and one detailing what you encountered upon arrival in each of the three civilizations; and
- For each civilization, you must include historically accurate information about the native people, geography, technologies, culture, and reasons why Europeans could benefit from this new discovery.