To the West, the route to “Tender on Gratitude” (Reconnaissance) passes through Kindness, Little Attentions, Assiduity, Willingness, Great Services, Sensibility, Tenderness, Obedience, Constant Friendship; losing one’s way might mean falling into Negligence, Inequality, Coolness, Lightness, and Forgetfulness, only to find oneself confronted by placid Lake Indifference. To the East, the way to “Tender on Esteem” means surviving Great Effort, Galant Letter, Love Letter, Sincerity, Big Heartedness, Probity, Generosity, Exactitude, Respect, and Benevolence; failure leads through Pride, Indiscretion, Perfidiousness, Slandermongering, and Maliciousness before arriving at the stormy Sea of Emnity. Finally, the direct route to “Tender on Inclination” passes through the town to the Dangerous Sea; beyond lies the unmappable Unknown Lands.

[Anthony Vidler in “Terres Inconnues: Cartographies of a Landspace to be Invented,” reading Francois Chauveau’s Carte du pays de Tendre (1654)]