Archive: October 2023 (3 Posts)

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Transporting Literacy, Prosperity, and the American Dream: The Seaboard Air Line Railway at the Turn of the 20th Century

October 20, 2023

The Seaboard Air Line Railway (SAL) was a prominent passenger and freight railway in the south in the late 19th and beginning 20th centuries. Headquartered in Portsmouth, VA, the rail line’s primary backbone connected southern states starting in Virginia and southward to the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. Started in 1832 with its earliest predecessor, …

Posted in: African American History, American History

Dozens of men working on building railroad with forest in background.

Following the Cape to Cairo Railway

October 13, 2023

Posted by: Tim St. Onge

An 1898 map allows for a close examination of the natural and political geography of colonization during the "Scramble for Africa" and the never-completed Cape to Cairo Railway.

Posted in: 19th century cartography, African History, Borders, Military History

Political map of Africa with countries colored and shaded by political status as of February 1960. Cameroon is now independent; the Federation of Mali and the Malagasy Republic are shown as "independence under negotiation" and Somalia, Belgian Congo, and Nigeria are shown as "projected independence - 1960"

Mapping the Year of Africa

October 4, 2023

Posted by: Amelia Raines

1960 was a dramatic year for Africa, in which 17 countries gained their independence from colonial powers. This post charts the events of that watershed year through a series of political maps produced by the CIA.

Posted in: 20th century cartography, African History, Borders, Middle East and North African History

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