Highlights from the HIST 231 Pop-Up Map Show

11 November 2024

Last week Prof. Victoria Morse and HIST231 Mapping the World Before Mercator hosted a pop-up map show in the Special Collections area of Gould Library. They also unveiled a database designed to serve as a research guide to map facsimiles that has been in the works since 2018.

Check out the site here! Omeka site for Mapping the World Before Mercator

Map display in Gould Library Special Collections
Prof. North and student looking closely at a map in the Gould Library Special Collections
Map book sitting open propped on a book stand in the Gould Library Special Collections
Students gathered around a table in Gould Library Special Collections, looking at map books
Students gathered around a table in Gould Library Special Collections, looking at map books
Students gathered around a table in Gould Library Special Collections, looking at map books

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