Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Event: Terra Incognita

1622 map of the Pacific Ocean by Dutch cartographer and self-publisher Hessel Gerritsz, considered the master Dutch cartographer of the 17th century.

Terra Incognita is a landmark exhibition by the National Library of Australia in Canberra featuring maps that shaped the modern world, on loan from some of the world’s greatest collections. They will be on show at the until March 10th.

Austrian Benedictine monk Andrew Walsperger created this 1448 portrayal of the world known to Europeans. Spheres around the edges represent the heavens. (Vatican Library)   Fra Mauro's map of the world, 1448-1453, on loan from Venice, where it has never before left its library home.

There she blows: in 1657, Dutchman Jan Jansson created this guide to getting the most from the fuel that powered exploration of the globe – wind.

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