Visualizing Nature and Society As our quest for answers about the earth and its people turns up new data, cartographers develop new ways to visualize it. Using symbols and colors in novel ways the graphic language of maps explores issues ranging from ethnic diversity to geological layers. In revealing the unexpected or unknown about our world, maps can trigger major shifts in scientific thought and help solve practical problems. Object Highlights: Leonardo da Vinci's map of Central Italy, circa 1502 A 1855 map that traces the spread of Cholera deaths in the city of London ARPANET, a map of the first Internet, done in 1982 and including all 88 connected computers Continue to Mapping Imaginary Worlds. >> Detail at top: Courtesy of The Newberry Library, Chicago

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