Yes! Europeans brought a ship load of camels initially, believing that they might be better suited to the island heat than horses or mules to help with large scale agriculture. They were not.
This is the first known map of Barbados, an island colonized by the English. The perimeter was well explored with planters assigned cultivated plots, but the interior! What Europeans didn't know for sure, they projeced their desires and design onto.
In particular, look at that Northwestern corner of the map, where Ligon drew a slavecatcher pursuing two self-emancipating people on horseback. This non-geographical map feature is so interesting, and says a lot about how Europeans revealed their concerns & desires onto lesser-explored spaces.
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https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/historical-journal/article/abs/projections-of-desire-and-design-in-early-modern-caribbean-maps/E61A32C5304A3779DE546AEE2C912F71