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Posted by: Tim St. Onge
In honor of Women’s History Month this March, Worlds Revealed is featuring weekly posts about the history of women in geography and cartography. You can click on the “Women’s History Month” category see all related posts. Many of the greatest maps in cartographic history have been borne out of expeditions and adventures into regions not …
Posted in: 19th century cartography, Biography, Women's History
Posted by: John Hessler
The Jay I. Kislak Collection of the Archaeology and History of the Early Americas became part of the Geography and Map Division several years ago and contains Pre-Columbian archaeological objects, maps, like Waldseemüller’s famous 1516 Carta Marina, and manuscripts and rare books relating to the earliest history of America. The dates of the collection span …
Posted in: Exploring the Early Americas, Kislak Collection
Posted by: Carlyn Osborn
In honor of Women’s History Month this March, Worlds Revealed is featuring weekly posts about the history of women in geography and cartography. You can click on the “Women’s History Month” category see all related posts. Anna van Westerstee Beek (also spelled “Beeck”) was born in 1657 in The Hague, a coastal city in the …
Posted in: Biography, Borders, City Histories, Women's History
Posted by: Ryan Moore
The North Korean capital city Pyongyang has both a storied and troubled history. Among the reasons it fascinates, plain curiosity rises to the top of list, because the North Korean government has largely closed off the country from the rest of world since the end of the Korean War in 1953. Correspondingly, accurate maps of …
Posted in: Asian History, Borders, City Histories
Posted by: Carlyn Osborn
In honor of Women’s History Month this March, Worlds Revealed is featuring weekly posts about the history of women in geography and cartography. You can click on the “Women’s History Month” category see all related posts. In 1800, Americans spent, on average, merely four months and two days in school over the course of …
Posted in: Biography, Women's History
Posted by: Carlyn Osborn
In honor of Women’s History Month this March, Worlds Revealed is featuring weekly posts about the history of women in geography and cartography. You can click on the “Women’s History Month” category see all related posts. We’ve all heard the story of Rosie the Riveter: women, from a wide variety of backgrounds, who entered …
Posted in: 20th century cartography, American History, Biography, Manuscripts, Women's History
Posted by: John Hessler
Today’s post is the sixth in a year-long series called,”Computing Space,” which highlights new mapping technologies and new areas for cartographic innovation, along with stories of the lives and work of many of the mostly unknown cartographers, geographers, mathematicians, computer scientists, designers and architects who both now, and in the past, have had a hand …
Posted in: Big Data and Visualization, Geographic Information Science
Posted by: Carlyn Osborn
In honor of Women’s History Month this March, Worlds Revealed is featuring weekly posts about the history of women in geography and cartography. Today, we’ll give a brief overview of what’s to come. You can click on the “Women’s History Month” category see all related posts. Women cartographers envisaged, engraved, drew, and printed every kind …
Posted in: Biography, Reference Guides, Women's History