The exhibition features a chronological and thematic presentation of the finest examples of four centuries of international Cuban cartography from a variety of materials and sources. The maps will explore how both natives and outsiders viewed Cuba over the centuries, revealing academic, artistic, geographic, military and socio-political influences. Mapping the Territory . Some 170 maps in this exhibit illustrate the mapmakers' growing awareness of the West as a region. European maps of Australia to 1901 is the title of a new exhibition that has just opened at the Exhibition Centre of Cambridge University Library .
Admission is free.
Picturing Early Detroit 1701-1838 at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum , Strand Drive, Belle Isle. A major exhibition of early modern art works, maps, and scientific instruments to be held in the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery , the University of Western Australia . Some of the material promised has not been seen on public exhibition for thirty years. Drawing from the Newberry's world-renowned collection of over 300,000 maps, the exhibit features 80 selections drawn from each of the Newberry's major collections, including several important recent acquisitions. The exhibit concludes with the message that, above all, maps are treasured because they answer the universal human need to comprehend and function in the world around them.