North of Nowhere, West of the Moon: Myth, Fiction, and Fantasy in Maps
North of Nowhere, West of the Moon: Myth, Fiction, and Fantasy in Maps was conceived in late-2021 as a “pop up” exhibition (a quickly organized and timely show) to showcase a long sought after new acquisition, Bernard Sleigh’s 1918 “An Anciente Mappe of Fairyland newly discovered and set forth,” published in London (featured in the alcove immediately to your left). The title is derived from the “Fairy’s Compass” on Sleigh’s map, which indicates the cardinal directions of Fairyland as “North of Nowhere,” “East of the Sun,” “South of Sirius” and “West of the Moon,” with the scale measured in “Thoughts.”
