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The World As We Know It: Maps And Atlases From Special Collections, Archives And Special Collections, Luke Meagher
The World As We Know It: Maps And Atlases From Special Collections, Archives And Special Collections, Luke Meagher
Library Exhibits
Selections of maps and atlases from Sandor Teszler Library’s Special Collections are presented in this exhibit to show how, over time, cartographers have represented the world as we know it.
Seutter Map Of America, Meredith D. Staats
Seutter Map Of America, Meredith D. Staats
Wonders of Nature and Artifice
The map featured in our show, Novus Orbis sive America, was printed in 1730. The engraving measures 50 x 58 centimeters and is a 1:19,000,000 scale.1 The map was donated by John H.W. and Mary G. Stuckenberg. It shows the “New World,” North and South America; the copy Special Collections owns features hand-colored continents. Different states or regions are colored in yellow, pink, orange, and green. On either side of each continent are islands with trade routes highlighted across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Also present are two text boxes, both in Latin, one in the upper left-hand corner and …
Mapping Jews: Cartography And Topography In Rome's Ghetto, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Mapping Jews: Cartography And Topography In Rome's Ghetto, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
This paper examines how the Ghetto of Rome was represented in the many view-plans and maps of Rome from the 16th through 18th centuries, and how this mapping both tells us much about the physical appearance of the Ghetto and also how it was perceived by others in particular and presented to others more generally.
A War Of Worlds: Becoming “Early Modern” And The Challenge Of Comparison, Ayesha Ramachandran
A War Of Worlds: Becoming “Early Modern” And The Challenge Of Comparison, Ayesha Ramachandran
Ayesha Ramachandran
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