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Posted by: Tim St. Onge
This blog post is part of a summer series on imaginary maps, written by Hannah Stahl, a Library Technician in the Geography & Map Division. Read the introductory post to the series here. Our journey into imaginary worlds continues this week with maps of imaginary places that are related to children’s literature. My first exposure …
Posted in: Exploration, Series: Imaginary Maps in Literature and Beyond
Posted by: Tim St. Onge
It is almost a cliché to say, but today, in 2016, maps are everywhere. The barriers to geographic information have come down so that anyone with internet access or a smart phone can see maps of the world in incredible detail. But the wide availability of maps to people of all walks of life is …
Posted in: City Histories
Posted by: Tim St. Onge
This blog post is part of a summer series on imaginary maps, written by Hannah Stahl, a Library Technician in the Geography & Map Division. Read the introductory post to the series here. “Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle. Who knows?” – George R.R. Martin We pick back up today with a comparison …
Posted by: Tim St. Onge
This blog post is part of a summer series on imaginary maps, written by Hannah Stahl, a Library Technician in the Geography & Map Division. Read the introductory post to the series here. All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, …
Posted by: Tim St. Onge
This is the second of a two part post on the Oregon Treaty and its aftermath. Part 1 can be found here. Earlier this week, we left our story of the Oregon Treaty on its peculiar instructions for the border between British and American controlled lands: following the 49th parallel to the Strait of Georgia, …
Posted in: Borders
Posted by: Tim St. Onge
This is the first of a two part post on the Oregon Treaty of 1846 and its aftermath. This week, specifically June 15th, marks an important event in the history of the United States’ changing geography: the 170th anniversary of the signing of the Oregon Treaty. I know, you probably don’t have this event marked …
Posted in: Borders
Posted by: Tim St. Onge
This blog post is part of a summer series on imaginary maps, written by Hannah Stahl, a Library Technician in the Geography & Map Division. Read the first post in the series here. We start our journey into imaginary worlds this summer by examining maps and texts created during the high Middle Ages and the …
Posted by: Tim St. Onge
Today’s guest post is from Erin Kelly, a GIS Library Technician in the Geography and Map Division. A native of the Baltimore, Maryland area, Erin came to the Library of Congress as a recent graduate of Towson University. Do you ever look out of an airplane window and admire the natural beauty that is below …
Posted in: Guest Posts
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 …