{"id":1789269,"date":"2020-09-10T11:07:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T15:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1789269"},"modified":"2020-09-10T11:07:29","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T15:07:29","slug":"mapping-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/09\/mapping-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapping Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Moses Greenleaf, \u201cMap of the Inhabited Part of the State of Maine,\u201d 1820. Map, 52.5\u00d761.5 cm. Osher Map Library.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mapping Maine: The Land and Its Peoples, 1677-1842<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, an exhibition of maps celebrating Maine\u2019s bicentennial while acknowledging the Wabanaki presence and history in the space that became Maine, opens today at the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education. The online component is here<\/a>; there is<\/em> a physical exhibition in the OML\u2019s gallery, but visitors are limited to a maximum of four per one-hour timeslot: details here<\/a>. Curated by Matthew Edney<\/a>, the exhibition runs until 31 March 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mapping Maine: The Land and Its Peoples, 1677-1842, an exhibition of maps celebrating Maine\u2019s bicentennial while acknowledging the Wabanaki presence and history in the space that became Maine, opens today at the Osher Map Library… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[50,129,447],"class_list":["post-1789269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","tag-exhibitions","tag-maine","tag-osher","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1789286,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/09\/osher-library-launches-fundraising-campaign\/","url_meta":{"origin":1789269,"position":0},"title":"Osher Library Launches Fundraising Campaign","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"14 September 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"The Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education has launched a fundraising campaign to support their map conservation efforts. 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