{"id":1805976,"date":"2022-02-03T19:14:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T00:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1805976"},"modified":"2022-02-03T19:14:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T00:14:50","slug":"online-exhibition-multiple-middles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/02\/online-exhibition-multiple-middles\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Exhibition: Multiple Middles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Abraham Ortelius, \u201cIndiae Orientalis, insularumque adiacientium typos,\u201d 1588. Hand-colored engraving on paper, 20\u00d726\u00bc in. University of Delaware Special Collections.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An online exhibition from the University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press, Multiple Middles: Maps from Early Modern Times<\/em><\/strong><\/a> features a selection of early modern maps and travel narratives from their special collections. \u201cThe exhibition takes narratives from the maps\u2019 edges and repositions them as possible middles. As a result, previously unfamiliar histories and visual elements come to the fore. These objects highlight specific innovations, scientific theories, and geographical middles that their makers intentionally framed. The exhibition provides an alternate view of maps and early modern cartography.\u201d Features many familiar cartographers (e.g. Blaeu, Ortelius). [WMS<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An online exhibition from the University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press, Multiple Middles: Maps from Early Modern Times features a selection of early modern maps and travel narratives from their special collections. \u201cThe exhibition… 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],"class_list":["post-1805976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","tag-exhibitions","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1808156,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/07\/the-world-in-maps-new-exhibition-at-yales-beinecke-library\/","url_meta":{"origin":1805976,"position":0},"title":"The World in Maps: New Exhibition at Yale’s Beinecke Library","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"18 July 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"An exhibition at Yale University\u2019s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library opens this Friday:\u00a0The World in Maps, 1400-1600. 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