A destination for discovery, shared exploration, and sheer joy, Oculi Mundi is the online home of The Sunderland Collection of antique maps and atlases.

Explore Oculi Mundi, an online cultural heritage destination of discovery and home to The Sunderland Collection of antique maps and atlases. 

Collection of antique maps & atlases | Oculi Mundi

Explore the collection of Oculi Mundi

stories about maps, mapmakers, mapmaking techniques, map history, cartography

stories

Stories

Exhibitions | Oculi Mundi 

Exhibitions & Events

Whats Your Map with Jerry Brotton, Map Podcast, Oculi Mundi Exploration

Podcast

sunderland collection art programme, map collection art programme, artists

Art Programme

Celestial Globe showing signs of the Zodiac

Introducing the cartographers, thinkers, makers & influential people behind the incredible collection of antique maps, atlases, and objects of Oculi Mundi.

Biographies | Oculi Mundi

References

Oculi Mundi is an online destination for joy and shared exploration, discover everything there is to know about Oculi Mundi and the people behind it.

About us | Oculi Mundi

About us

Close up view of Blaeu's northern hemisphere

Welcome to Oculi Mundi – the Eyes of the World – a new platform for exploring antique maps of the earth and skies and the history of human exploration.
Where are we?
What lies beyond? 
The earth, oceans and cosmos are yours to explore… 
What will you discover?

Gallery of Spaces