Exhibit Section

  • Section Seven: Engravings from Arctic Expeditions

    In 1906 Norwegian Roald Amundsen became the first to navigate the Northwest Passage entirely by ship.  Amundsen used a small crew of six men and a 45-ton herring boat, the Gjøa, to deftly navigate the narrow channels of the passage. During thei...

  • Section Four: The Debate in the Academie de Sciences

    Upon Joseph Nicholas De L'Isle's return to Paris in 1747, he published the Carte Des Nouvelles Découvertes Au Nord de la Mer de Sud . . . 1750, (Item 19) The French cartographic community was gripped with an intense period of scientific inquiry into...

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  • Section Five: Wartime Atlases

    [expand title="EXHIBIT NAVIGATION"] To Conquer or Submit: America Views the Great War 1. Persuasive Maps 2. Propaganda Posters 3. Newsmaps 4. Military Maps 5. Wartime Atlases 6. Miscellaneous [/expand] There was a great deal of interest re...

  • Section Four: Military Maps

    [expand title="EXHIBIT NAVIGATION"] To Conquer or Submit: America Views the Great War 1. Persuasive Maps 2. Propaganda Posters 3. Newsmaps 4. Military Maps 5. Wartime Atlases 6. Miscellaneous [/expand] The militaries of the Great War relie...

  • Section Three: Newsmaps

    [expand title="EXHIBIT NAVIGATION"] To Conquer or Submit: America Views the Great War 1. Persuasive Maps 2. Propaganda Posters 3. Newsmaps 4. Military Maps 5. Wartime Atlases 6. Miscellaneous [/expand] The American public relied almost exc...

  • Section Two: Propaganda Posters

    [expand title="EXHIBIT NAVIGATION"] To Conquer or Submit: America Views the Great War 1. Persuasive Maps 2. Propaganda Posters 3. Newsmaps 4. Military Maps 5. Wartime Atlases 6. Miscellaneous [/expand] Posters were a common form of propaga...

  • Section One: Persuasive Maps

    [expand title="EXHIBIT NAVIGATION"] To Conquer or Submit: America Views the Great War 1. Persuasive Maps 2. Propaganda Posters 3. Newsmaps 4. Military Maps 5. Wartime Atlases 6. Miscellaneous [/expand] The celebrated adventurer and aviator...

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