Discover the Maps Which Gives an Enchanting Look at What Lies Under the Ground

beneath our feetImage Credit: leventhalmap.org

What’s beneath our feet? This question must have risen among each of our minds, and the answer to such question has changed quite drastically over the centuries.

For the year, humans have tried to figure out, what is the real scenario of the world below their feet. In many cases, artists have drawn pictures visualizing the inner ground beauties with their creative minds.

An exhibition,” Beneath Our Feet: Mapping the World Below” held at the Boston Public library’s Normon B. Leventhal Map Center, discovered the depths of those questions with the help of maps, archeological facts, and images. This free exhibition enchanted nearly 400 years of maps and other objects with an intention to depict how human beings visualize the subterranean landscapes such as water tables, caves, and mines.

Among such magnificent displaying, the maps of thearchaeology of Pompeii and all the modern day assessments of remaining lead and chlorine in the water supply of Mich, Flint were the main highlights of the exhibition. Colorful and complicated images were a reflection of their days and basic concerns of authors desire to balance the natural resources of Native American land and use a sculpture for the creation of the Earth’s geology framework.

The exhibition isn’t just about maps as there are other 3D objects will take breaths of many people to an absolute level of exhaustion. Objects such as the minerals discovered in Massachusetts and other artifacts- a sail needle, an arrowheadwere found beneath Boston.

This exhibition is the best for the ones who are curious to what are the things which are beneath the earth. You will surely leave the library getting atremendous amount of knowledge on the rocks, water gases and other historical artifacts which are beneath us.

In another way, you can catch this exhibition online which includes a bibliography, a 3d tour and reading lists which will bring a smile on your face.

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