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Henri Abraham Chatelain, Carte tr\u00e8s curieuse de la Mer du Sud<\/em>, 1719. Map, 76.6 \u00d7 137.9 cm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Maps of the Pacific<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is an exhibition of the State Library of New South Wales\u2019s holdings of maps, charts atlases and globes relating to the Pacific Ocean. \u201cThis exhibition traces the European mapping of the Pacific across the centuries\u2014an endeavour that elevated the science and art of European mapmaking. Redrawing the map of the world ultimately facilitated an era of brutal colonisation and dispossession for many Pacific First Nations communities.\u201d Open now at the library\u2019s exhibition galleries in Sydney, the exhibition runs until 24 April 2022. Free admission.<\/p>\n

In related news, the library\u2019s Mapping the Pacific<\/em> conference<\/a> (previously<\/a>) has been postponed<\/a> to March 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maps of the Pacific is an exhibition of the State Library of New South Wales\u2019s holdings of maps, charts atlases and globes relating to the Pacific Ocean. \u201cThis exhibition traces the European mapping of the… 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":[10,112],"tags":[496,50,48,1518],"class_list":["post-1805430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","category-conferences","tag-australia","tag-exhibitions","tag-libraries","tag-pacific-ocean","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1786345,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/10\/mapping-the-pacific-coast-in-the-age-of-exploration-an-exhibition\/","url_meta":{"origin":1805430,"position":0},"title":"Mapping the Pacific Coast in the Age of Exploration: An Exhibition","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"5 October 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"Opening today at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: The Kingdom of California: Mapping the Pacific Coast in the Age of Exploration, an exhibition of 16th- to 19th-century maps and books from the museums own rare book collection, the Map and Atlas Museum of La Jolla and the Santa\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Antique Maps"","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/kingdom-of-california-1024x413.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/kingdom-of-california-1024x413.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/kingdom-of-california-1024x413.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/kingdom-of-california-1024x413.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1791313,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/06\/upcoming-conference-mapping-the-pacific\/","url_meta":{"origin":1805430,"position":1},"title":"Upcoming Conference: Mapping the Pacific","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"23 June 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"Taking place on 25 and 26 August 2021 in Sydney, Australia, Mapping the Pacific will be a hybrid (in-person and streamed) conference that will explore \u201cthe traditional wayfinding knowledge of the Pacific community, European exploration and the mapping of the Pacific from the early modern era through to the 19th\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Antique Maps"","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1805735,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/12\/la-perouses-expeditions\/","url_meta":{"origin":1805430,"position":2},"title":"La P\u00e9rouse’s Expeditions","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"22 December 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"The Library of Congress\u2019s Carissa Pastuch has a blog post about the Pacific Ocean expeditions of Jean-Fran\u00e7ois de Galaup La P\u00e9rouse, and the maps that resulted from them\u2014including the above map by Buache de Neuville, made in 1785 so that Louis XVI could follow La P\u00e9rouse\u2019s progress.","rel":"","context":"In "Antique Maps"","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Library of Congress scan of Buache de Neuville's map of the northern Pacific Ocean, 1785.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/la-perouse-ocean-1024x406.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/la-perouse-ocean-1024x406.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/la-perouse-ocean-1024x406.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/la-perouse-ocean-1024x406.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1805924,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/01\/the-challenger-map-re-emerges-fundraising-campaign-under-way\/","url_meta":{"origin":1805430,"position":3},"title":"The Challenger Map Re-Emerges; 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