Ok, so here’s the scoop: There’s going to be an exhibit that will open at the
The exhibition is called Maps: Finding Our Place in the World, and will have tons of rare and important maps that people like me freak out about. The exhibition’s going to have maps from ancient
I know when most people think of Leonardo they think of the Mona Lisa or Dan Brown’s book, or at worst, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.
While its true that he is best known as an inventor and painter, turns out he was also an accomplished surveyor and mapmaker. His 1502 map of northern
Oh yeah, and did I mention it’s on loan from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II? Apparently, yours truly isn’t the only Majesty of Maps.
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When I heard that there were going to be maps by Leonardo da Vinci at Maps: Finding Our Place in the World at The Walters Art Museum in BaltimoreI kept thinking 'the Mona Lisa?,' come to find out da Vinci was also quite the mapmaker. See da Vinci's 1502 map of Northern Italy, the first map to ever incorporate color to indicate changes in elevation. Sounds incredible right? It is! Come see this and his other map!
Go to www.baltimore.org/maps/maps.php for more info and to see videos of the curator talking about the exhibition.
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