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Posted by: Abraham Parrish
This post walks you through the 285-day trip of Hawaii King Kalākaua as the first monarch to circumnavigate the globe in 1881, showing many of the routes and places he traveled or visited through maps and images at or near the time period.
Posted in: 19th century cartography
Posted by: Tim St. Onge
Explore the Library of Congress Geospatial Applications Hub, a new gateway to our online StoryMaps, web maps, and more!
Posted in: Geographic Information Science, Geography and Map Division
Posted by: Cynthia Smith
This post describes a manuscript globe of Mars that was created during the early 20th century by the self-taught Danish astronomer Emmy Ingeborg Brun.
Posted in: 19th century cartography, 20th century cartography, Biography, Women's History
Posted by: Meagan Snow
This post explores the history of a large spherical globe with only latitude and longitude lines in the collections of the Geography & Map Division.
Posted in: 20th century cartography, American History