This post includes images of various types of wine maps that were published during the 19th and early 20th centuries. A brief history of viticulture is also provided.
Explore a new search interface for the Sanborn map collection, launched in conjunction with an updated version of the Geography and Map Reading Room website.
The Geography and Map Division has three geospatial news items to an announce: an upcoming virtual orientation on Geospatial Resources, a new GIS and Geospatial Resources Research Guide, and a new digital collection featuring Library of Congress Geospatial Applications.
Drastic climatic change via drought conditions was a major factor prompting residents of the Great Plains, many of them farmers, westward to California in one of the largest migrations in U.S. history.