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Ordering the Unknown: The European Mapping Tradition from 1600-1860

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The History Department in Stokes Hall features exhibits collaborated with the Boston College Libraries for the course HS600 Making History Public. The exhibits change each semester.

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Ordering the Unknown: The European Mapping Tradition from 1600-1860

Fall 2014

Ordering the Unknown, the Making History Public Class of Spring 2014 presents maps from the Burns Library that order the then unknown. Covering more than two centuries and five continents, these maps offer insights into the ordering impulses of their age.

Ordering the Unknown opening reception PDF. Photos by Kevin Tringale.

Ordering the Unknown, the Making History Public Class of Spring 2014 presents maps from the Burns Library that order the then unknown. Covering more than two centuries and five continents, these maps offer insights into the ordering impulses of their age.

Ordering the Unknown opening reception PDF. Photos by Kevin Tringale.