The exhibition ‘Imaging Iceland: the Earliest Printed Maps 1507/08-1598’ is assembled from the collection of Karl Werner and Gisela Schulte. It can be seen at the Akureyi Museum.

In 1776, two Franciscan priests named Domínguez and Escalante set out from Santa Fe into territory unknown, lands claimed by Spain but controlled by the Tribes who called it home. With Indigenous guides and the help of Native tribes, the Padres and their party of 12 navigated harsh terrain, mapped vital trade routes, and documented [...]

For America's sesquicentennial (250th) anniversary, the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education at the University of Southern Maine has organized a year-long exhibition ‘Founding Memories: America at 250’. The exhibition highlights how the iconography of the American Revolution has been incorporated onto a wide variety of maps and cartographic materials from the [...]