This interactive workshop invites faculty, students, and anyone interested in maps to explore the Map Library as a dynamic classroom resource and to learn how maps, used as primary sources and ...

Introduction -- Ancient and medieval European concepts of Asia -- Impulse to explore the East -- East Indian empires: Portuguese, Dutch, British, French, Spanish -- Resisting European encroachment: ...

Interpreting maps -- Quick reference guide -- Global relationships -- The physical world -- Maps of the world -- Europe and northern Asia -- Asia -- Africa -- Australia, New Zealand and Pacific -- ...