The Northwest Passage: Navigating Old Beliefs and New Realities

September 29, 2016 ~ March 11, 2017 … One of the greatest stories of exploration and discovery is the quest for the Northwest Passage, an oceanic shortcut from the Atlantic to the Pacific across the top of North America. Tempted with the prospect of wealth and glory, countless seafarers gambled—and occasionally lost—their lives in pursuit […]

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👍 Matthew Edney présente plusieurs vidéos captivantes sur sa nouvelle exposition illustrant le procédé de la chromolithographie utilisé en cartographie.
https://www.mappingasprocess.net/blog/2023/12/1/a-pageant-of-spectacles-chromolithography-in-america

Liens complémentaires :

- Chromolithographie
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromolithographie

- Le manuel de lithographie (1822) de Godefroy Engelmann
https://numistral.fr/fr/tresors/le-manuel-de-lithographie-de-godefroy-engelmann-1822

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A Pageant of Spectacles: Chromolithography in America — Mapping as Process

Brief videos of my new exhibition at OML, in lieu of a web-version or printed catalog (both coming eventually). The show itself will hang through 29 June 2024.

Mapping as Process