Archive: October 2024 (2 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Tim St. Onge; (Year) 2024; (Month) October

Painted map of world with sharp detail on ocean floor topography and deep blue colors at deepest ocean points.

Celebrate GIS Day and Ocean Mapping at Live! At The Library, Thursday, November 21st!

October 25, 2024

Celebrate Geography Awareness Week and GIS Day at the Library of Congress on Thursday, November 21st from 5pm to 8pm with Mapping Our World, a special Live! at the Library event diving into ocean mapping and exploration! This event will feature a collections display, interactive games and crafts, and a talk by Dr. Vicki Ferrini of Columbia University on the history of ocean mapping.

Posted in: Events, Exploration, Geographic Information Science, Physical Geography

Scene of Battle of Lexington, with British redcoats in lines firing on running colonists in a field, with town buildings and forest in background.

The Maps of Amos Doolittle, the “Revere of Connecticut”

October 10, 2024

Posted by: Tim St. Onge

While Amos Doolittle is best known for his accurate scenes of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, his map engravings, capturing the early years of the new independent nation, deserve recognition as well.

Posted in: 18th century cartography, 19th century cartography, American History, Biography

Refined by: (Author) Tim St. Onge; (Year) 2024; (Month) October