Finding Your Way Countless wayfinding maps exist, but they all address three basic questions: Where am I? Where do I want to go? How do I get there? Understanding a map can shed light on a people's everyday life through the technologies, social structures, and environments that shape and influence their world. Object Highlights: The world's oldest surviving road map, Das Ist der Rom Weg (This is the way to Rome) from 1500. A 1940s navigational chart from the Marshall Islands made of wood and twine Continue to Mapping Worlds. >> Detail at top: Courtesy of The Newberry Library, Chicago

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