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91av recommends map exhibition From Streets to the Stars

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By David Stock

28 May 2025

From streets to the stars: 500 years of maps at Kings College London?s Maughan Library

From streets to the stars: 500 years of maps at Kings College London’s Maughan Library

David Stock

If, like me, you are a bit of a cartophile, then is for you. It is a small but perfect exhibition at the Weston Room of the Maughan Library, King’s College London, until 28 September 2025, showcasing historically significant maps lurking in the library’s collection, like this celestial chart from 1551, above.

There’s also Galileo Galilei’s treatise Sidereus Nuncius, displayed open at a map of the Pleiades star cluster, drawn from rigorous observations.…

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