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Posted by: Tim St. Onge
Today’s post is from Hannah Stahl, a Library Technician in the Geography & Map Division. Why would someone with an English degree have any interest in maps? Well, I’ll tell you. No area of study occurs in a vacuum. In some of my English classes, and other classes I took for that matter, maps and …
Posted by: Ryan Moore
In 1915, the deadlocked battleground on the Western Front in World War I forced England and France to rethink their strategy against the Central Powers. The Allies sought to elicit military support from a then neutral Italy. In exchange for opening a front in the Alps, Italy was promised substantial amounts land in Europe, Asia, …
Posted in: Borders, Guest Posts, Military History
Posted by: Ed Redmond
A recent Library of Congress Blog post entitled “Trending: The Mother of Mother’s Day” reminded me of one of my favorite Civil War maps. Although Mother’s Day as we know it (greeting cards, flowers, breakfast in bed, etc.) did not exist, a Confederate soldier sought to immortalize his mother – on a battle map. On …
Posted in: Guest Posts, Manuscripts, Military History
Posted by: Ryan Moore
Architect and urban planner Julio César Pérez-Hernández will discuss the history of Cuba through cartography on May 13, 2016 at the Library of Congress. “Islands in the Stream: Cuban Maps from the Past to the Future” will take place from noon to 1 p.m. on Friday, May 13 in the Mumford Room on the sixth …
Posted in: Borders, City Histories, Events, Exploring the Early Americas
Posted by: Tim St. Onge
As a heavy user of geographic information systems in the Geography and Map Division, I am always interested to see new scientific research that fuses geography and technology in order to advance understanding of our world. Today, Worlds Revealed wanted to highlight the fascinating work of researchers at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in …
Posted in: Geographic Information Science