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Archive for October 2022 (5 Posts)

Illustration of a woman in the right at a podium pointing towards the ceiling with lightning appearing and a crowd of people cowering and pointing.

Double Double Trials and Trouble

Posted by: Sonia Kahn

Posted in: 19th century cartography, American History, City Histories

The Elusive Isle of Demons

Posted by: Cynthia Smith

Posted in: 16th century cartography, 17th century cartography

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

Tracking Packages Across Space and Time

Posted by: Meagan Snow

Posted in: 17th century cartography, 19th century cartography

Detail of pictorial map showing locations and characters from "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain.

Mapping Life on the Mighty Mississippi

Posted by: Amelia Raines

Posted in: 19th century cartography, American History, Imaginary maps, Military History

This is an engraved hand-colored map or view-plan by Baptista Boazio that depicts Sir Francis Drake's attack on Saint Augustine on May 28-29, 1586.

Virtual Orientation to the Geography and Map Division

Posted by: Carissa Pastuch

Posted in: Geography and Map Division