"Journey all over the universe in a map, without the expense and
fatigue of traveling, without suffering the inconveniences of
heat, cold, hunger, and thirst." - Cervantes, Don Quixote Why do
we look at maps? To see where we’ve been? To locate where we
are? To see where we’re going? Or to see where we have not (yet)
been? I have used maps for all of the above reasons; however, I
also enjoy simply looking at maps—especially old maps, or
replicas thereof. The various skills a cartographer displays in
the making of a map are wonderful, and to behold a map is to see
the world from a different vantage, or through some else's eyes.
But no matter why you may have an inkling to look at genuine
paper maps, the where should be in the Maryland Department, and
the Social Science and History Department here at Central
Library, and this is why... The Maryland Department: With over
2000 maps in the collection dating back to the 17th Century,
this is the place to see early maps of Maryland. Want to see the
evolution of Balti