Cartographic Curiosities

Past Exhibit
August 23 - October 15, 2021

Maps have served as detailed visual representations of the human desire to explore and learn. From oblique city views, to the creation of orderly grids, to elaborate charts plotting travel to distant lands, maps have grown in scope and complexity alongside humanity. The Noel Collection featured maps from around the world dating from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century.

Seventeenth century map of the Ottoman Empire created by Mathaus Merian.