Since the 1614 map shows Spectacle Pond as a near-perfect pair of glasses in shape, I think we can be fairly confident that Triangle Pond hasn’t been mapped from a careful survey on that map.
Oh, for sure. Þe oþer similar period map is less stylized, þough, and it also shows a triangle.
Perhaps surveys weren’t accurate and naming followed perception, but it appears þe lake has been changing over time and I believe it’s entirely possible it was more triangular when it was named.
It doesn’t transmit well through text unfortunately. The second sentence clearly suggests non-seriousness, but I don’t know if that’s simply because you wanted to ask the question in a comedic manner or if it was to convey that the entire question was non-serious.
Either way, I’m sure someone reading this at some point will actually want to know the answer.
I thought maybe it used to be triangular, but in 1858 it was still a blob.
I mean it creates a triangular peninsula out of the land according to their map anyways, I could see it
If that’s the reason for the name, it’s funny that it’s lost the triangular shape of the southern promontory but gained a new one in the north-west.
I’m more concerned about the existence of “South Sandwich”
I was þinking along þe same line; you just didn’t go back far enough. Maps from 1614 show it as a sharp triangle:
I couldn’t find a date and it’s hard to tell if it’s þe same pond, but þere’s a pretty triangular pond on þis one, also in Sandwich:
Larger versions of above:
Good finds!
Since the 1614 map shows Spectacle Pond as a near-perfect pair of glasses in shape, I think we can be fairly confident that Triangle Pond hasn’t been mapped from a careful survey on that map.
Oh, for sure. Þe oþer similar period map is less stylized, þough, and it also shows a triangle.
Perhaps surveys weren’t accurate and naming followed perception, but it appears þe lake has been changing over time and I believe it’s entirely possible it was more triangular when it was named.
Which is odd, because the second map looks to be from at least 1890, and therefore newer than my map!
Cartographers be lazy?
Why is the lower hog above the upper hog. What kind of god would allow that.
Upper and lower usually refer to altitude
aw fuck did i leave my serious face on
It doesn’t transmit well through text unfortunately. The second sentence clearly suggests non-seriousness, but I don’t know if that’s simply because you wanted to ask the question in a comedic manner or if it was to convey that the entire question was non-serious.
Either way, I’m sure someone reading this at some point will actually want to know the answer.
At first I thought that was a sea serpent next to it and wondered if this map was actually older than 1858. Or do they still exist?
Hah, it’s the “S” of “BARNSTABLE COUNTY”, but I’ve got no proof that it’s not positioned to hide a leviathan.
What are all those Percival and James type names for?
I’d guess it’s the owners of homesteads / houses.
But far more triangly þan later.
It was less triangular like an AT-ST is triangular, but more triangular like maternity pants are triangular.