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Charting Neptune's Realm: From Classical Mythology to Satellite Imagery.
April 4, 2000 to January 11, 2001
The charts in this exhibition explore how mariners have distinguished one piece of water from any other, by determining what phenomena can be delineated across the vast, trackless ocean and by developing notations to express those phenomena.
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
2003
Publisher
Osher Map Library - University of Southern Maine
City
Portland, Maine
Keywords
Cartography, Nautical Charts, Currents, Navigation, Oceanography, Icebergs, Weather
Disciplines
Geography | History | History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Oceanography | Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology | Other Geography
Recommended Citation
Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education, "Charting Neptune's Realm: From Classical Mythology to Satellite Imagery" (2003). Osher Map Library Exhibition Catalogs. 11.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/oml_exhibits/11
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