cartography

Title board for Searching for Africa exhibit: The Map Collection of Dr. Jack Franke

UTA Libraries Hosts 12th Biennial Virginia Garrett Lectures, Opens ‘Searching for Africa’ Exhibit

Historians, cartographers, and map enthusiasts from around the world joined the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries for the 2021 Virginia…

A man in the ocean in the jaws of a sea monster with the Compass Rose logo in black in the upper left corner

“Here there be monsters”: The Art of the Mapmaker during the Age of Exploration

A highlight of some artistic details from our cartographic collections

Postcard of Egypt with Compass Rose logo

From Fairy Tale Villages to Coffee: How Europeans Depict Egypt Over Time

How the European vision of Egypt has been shaped by cartographers over time

Detail of Aden, Yemen, view, from Braun & Hogenberg 1575

City Highlights (Part Three): Braun & Hogenberg's Cities of the World

UTA Libraries Special Collections recently acquired original views from Braun & Hogenberg's famous city atlas dating from 1572-1617.

Muenster Cosmography Lead Image Compass Rose Blog Ben Huseman

City Highlights (Part Two): Münster's Cosmography

UTA Libraries Special Collections now has original city views and additional materials from the most widely-read 16th-century European geography…

Homann Egypt Today 1720 UTA Greenhouse detail Lucas Hanna Diyab and Translator

The Lee R. Greenhouse and Flora E. Lazar Map Donation (Part Three)

Continued description (part three) of a fine collection of antique maps now at UTA

Penguin and Sea Lion from Wit/Jansson/Hondius, Terra Australis, 1666

The Lee R. Greenhouse and Flora E. Lazar Map Donation (Part Two)

Continued description of a fine collection of antique maps now at UTA

Japonia detail junk

The Lee R. Greenhouse and Flora E. Lazar Map Donation (Part One)

Special Collections Receives Gift of 14 Rare and Beautiful Antique Maps and Prints

two young women smiling at the camera in front of a stone wall

Graduating Special Collections Student Staff Receive Placements at Smithsonian, Getty

Two members of the student staff in Special Collections at the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries have received prestigious post-…