The Atlases

The Atlases

Go on a journey with the maps and atlases that forever changed how we see the world

April 1, 2014 – April 2, 2016 – Amsterdam
The exhibition entitled The Atlases includes the top pieces from The National Maritime Museum’s extensive collection of maps and atlases, and can be seen at Het Scheepvaartmuseum [The National Maritime Museum], Kattenburgerplein 1. Get acquainted with the four pioneers of cartography: Ptolemy, Mercator, Claesz, and Blaeu. These mapmakers and publishers produced maps and atlases that forever changed how we see the world. Your journey shows you the first maps of America, via the ‘Unknown land of the South,’ to a detailed city map of Amsterdam. The maps and atlases, produced between 1482 and 1665, are unique historical documents, and a feast for the eye with their rich decorations.

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