The oldest printed maps of the Farthest North

• Main Authors: Hansen, Poul Henning Gustaf, Aspaas, Per Pippin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Fram centre 2022
• Subjects: VDP::Humaniora: 000::Historie: 070::Nyere tids historie (før 1800): 082; VDP::Humanities: 000::History: 070::Recent history (before 1800): 082; Historisk kartografi / History of cartography; Museer - utstillingsteknikker / Museums - exhibition techniques; Museologi / Museology; Vitenskapshistorie / History of Science; Arctic; Norway; The Polar Museum; Tromsø; Arctic University of Norway; UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/25432

Source at https://framsenteret.no/forum/framforum2022/the-oldest-printed-maps-of-the-farthest-north/ . “Looking to the North” is a unique cartographic exhibition currently on display at the Polar Museum in Tromsø. The exhibition features some of the most spectacular printed maps of the northern regions, among them a copy of the first printed map of the European Far North, published in Ulm 1482, in present-day Germany. UiT The Arctic University of Norway boasts one of the finest collections of printed maps of the Far North, supplemented by a substantial book collection with travelogues from the northern regions. The objects on display all come from this collection. The exhibition spans just over a century, from the late fifteenth to the early seventeenth century, a period which saw swift technological development coincide with mounting interest in the northern regions. Covering a whole room, each of the four exhibition walls marks a particular thematic or materialistic feature.