Northwest Passage – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 01:01:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg Northwest Passage – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Exhibition Writeups https://www.maproomblog.com/2016/10/exhibition-writeups/ Mon, 24 Oct 2016 01:01:17 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=3138 More]]> A couple of reviews of recent map exhibitions that I’ve mentioned before. First, the Arctic Journal looks at the Osher Map Library’s current exhibition, The Northwest Passage: Navigating Old Beliefs and New Realities (see previous entry). And the St. Louis Library’s fantasy maps exhibit (see previous entry), which wrapped up earlier this month, got a writeup from Book Riot. [Book Riot/Osher Maps]

]]> 3138 The Northwest Passage: An Osher Map Library Exhibition https://www.maproomblog.com/2016/10/the-northwest-passage-an-osher-map-library-exhibition/ Wed, 05 Oct 2016 22:00:40 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=2993 More]]> John Murray, Map Shewing the Discoveries Made by British Officers in the Arctic Region, 1828. Map, 41.5 × 52 cm. Osher Collection.
John Murray, Map Shewing the Discoveries Made by British Officers in the Arctic Region, 1828. Map, 41.5 × 52 cm. Osher Collection.

The Osher Map Library’s new exhibition, The Northwest Passage: Navigating Old Beliefs and New Realities, opened last week (see previous entry). The opening was also broadcast live on YouTube; if you missed it, the archived video can be watched there. And if you can’t get to Portland Maine, The exhibition’s companion website is now live, and features more than 50 images and maps on the theme of Arctic exploration. The Northwest Passage runs until 11 March 2017.

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