Tracks on the Ocean Exhibition_The Van de Veldes major lakes and rivers

major lakes and rivers

19th century

comets and stars

As founding director of Cornell University's Carl Sagan Institute

wealth and conflict

Tracks on the Ocean Exhibition_The Van de Veldes major lakes and riversIn Tracks on the Ocean, Sara Caputo tells how our journeys around the globe became fixed lines on maps and how journey lines themselves reshaped maps and the way that we view the world. From Captain Cook's route across the South Seas to the disorientating power of digital technology, the tracks we've left on the oceans trading, exploring and conquering are a hidden record of humanity's impact on the planet. Revealing their histories, Caputo uncovers a