Mapping Places Familiar geography, like a neighborhood or a worship site, may be easy to navigate without a map. Still, an astounding array of local maps exist for a variety of reasons, such as to commemorate a sacred place, or to manage a territory. But who the map is intended for is also significant. A cartographer may use different symbols for cultural "insiders" or may intentionally distort features for an outsider. Object Highlights: A map drawn on eucalyptus bark from Milingimbi, Australia depicting a sacred watering hole, central to The Wagilag Story, an Aboriginal creation myth A Babylonian clay tablet from 1300 B.C., the oldest known town plan drawn to scale Jacobo de Barbari's large scale View of Venice, which demonstrates the power and aesthetics of oblique perspective Continue to Mapping History. >> Detail at top: Courtesy of The Newberry Library, Chicago

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