European maps ignored Native settlements in favor of colonial ones.

Evidence

Virtually none of the European settlements are there. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1354

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1354
• XREF: connects to: Settler colonialism aims to terminate peoples’ existence, not individuals — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 17; Colonial settlers’ attention was selective, not panoptic, and oriented to Europe; Colonial historiography reproduced administrative maps that erased mixed-ethnic encampments (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Colonial historiography reproduced administrative maps that erased mixed-ethnic encampments #corroborates (0.80)
• Colonial historiography inherited administrative map distinctions its practice violated #corroborates (0.75)
• Colonial categories failed to capture the diverse mixed-ethnic groups hiding from plantations #corroborates (0.70)
• A non-European empire also engaged in colonial cartography #expands (0.60)