Papermaking Museum Opens Exhibit Examining Maps of Africa

Mapping Place: Africa Beyond Paper, an exhibit inviting visitors to examine closely the way the continent has been depicted over time, opened February 27 at the Robert C. Williams

Museum of Papermaking. Maps of Africa displayed in this exhibit span 500 years. The exhibit resulted from partnerships between IPST and the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Two remarkable maps, Tatius Africae Accuratissima Tabula, Frederick de Wit (Amsterdam 1680) and Accuratissima Totius Africae in Lucem Producta, (1702 Nurnberg: Jacob Sandrart; engraved by Johann Baptist Homann, Sr.; Frederick de Wit) mark a growing interest in the interior of the continent and came from the personal cartographical collection of Georgia Tech Provost Rafael Bras. The exhibit can be seen Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. through June 6.

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