![]() Maps are reservoirs of visual and artistic culture and help us comprehend how people of another time experienced their reality and defined their place in the world.įrom the cosmograms of various theological systems to cartograms in an age of exploration, maps lay at the intersection of the arts and sciences. Cartography is the discipline of depicting a geographic area on a flat surface. The science of map-making is known as cartography, derived from the French ‘carta’ meaning card and the Greek ‘graphie’meaning to write or draw. Though modern technology has transformed the way we see the world, maps have for centuries been the starting point of all adventures, great and small. For centuries, humans have attempted to reduce the risk of travel by familiarising ourselves with the lay of the land. These clues ease our path as we set off to navigate the unknown, whether it’s an unexplored neighbourhood in our hometown or a whole new country. Where is it? How far away? What else is nearby? These are just a few common questions we ask before we begin a journey. Miniature atlases like these were compiled and reprinted by geographer Philippus Cluverius in the 17th century Ptolemaic map of South and Southeast Asia, 1670s.
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