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Archive for July 2020 (3 Posts)

Brown, red, and yellow tinted map illustration of the continents of Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, with a circular frame around them

This is the Place: The First Map of Salt Lake City, Utah

Posted by: Julie Stoner

Posted in: 19th century cartography, City Histories

A fan with a map of Korea on it.

Fan Maps of the Geography and Map Division

Posted by: Cynthia Smith

Posted in: 19th century cartography, Asian History

This section of a plate from the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum presents the Caucasus as understood by a 16th century Flemish cartographer.  The Black Sea coastal town of Zichia is a medieval reference to the former kingdom of the Adyga, and likely stands for the town of Sochi today.  Geography and Map Division.

Let the Games Begin! (Russian Style)

Posted by: Mike Klein

Posted in: European History