Maps, Myths and Narratives
Cartography of the Far North
Exciting exhibition about the cartography of the Far North
From the earliest times, maps have depicted the Far North in a seamless combination of fact and fiction. This combination is by no means unique to the Arctic - or to maps for that matter. Inn art as well as in science, meaning springs from the meeting of observation, imagination and ambition. Few media show this more clearly than the map.
Headlines:
- Mythical and Early Mapping
- Mapping the East Coast
- Hinrich Johannes Rink (1819-1893) and the Geology of the Disko Bay
- Mapping the Ice
- Mapping the Rocks
- Mapping for Sovereignty
Where and when: in The Black Diamond July 13 to September 26, 2009 Monday - Friday 9 am to 9 pm, Saturday from 9 am to 7 pm. Sunday closed.
The exhibition is made possible by funding from A.P. Møller and Chastine Mc-Kinney Møller's Foundation.
