Space: Reading Maps

21H.009
10 Feb 2014

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Bartolomeu Velho, Figura dos corpos celestes, 1568
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Source: NASA.
“Earthrise,” 1968
 Hannover, 1581

Istanbul, 1521
Basel, 1532
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 THE RELIGIOUS COSMOS
FROM THE MA'RIFETNAME

VISHVARUPA, THE UNIVERSAL

FORM OF KRISHNA
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Elizabeth I of England, Table of Asterisms,
Ditchley Portrait, 1592 These images are in public domain.
Rajasthan, 18th Century 6
 Chinese map, 1790.
At beginning of a
scroll devoted to
coastal maps.

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Japanese Bankoku Ezu (Map of all the Countries)

Early 17th Century, on folding screens

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Johannes Vermeer: Officer with Laughing Girl, c. 1657
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21H.009 The World: 1400-Present

Spring 2014

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