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Franco-American Maps of the Revolution
Posted by: Carissa Pastuch
This post highlights the Rochambeau map collection, which was purchased by the Library of Congress in 1883.
Posted in: 18th century cartography, American History
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Experiencing Maps in “Collecting Memories”
Posted by: Carissa Pastuch
Learn more about the maps on display at the new experiential exhibition at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: 17th century cartography, 19th century cartography, Events, Geography and Map Division
Mapping in the Islamic Tradition—Fall Presentation
Posted by: Carissa Pastuch
The Geography and Map Division and Philip Lee Phillips Map Society are hosting an in-person and virtual 2024 Fall Presentation on Islamic mapping.
Posted in: Events, Geography and Map Division, Middle East and North African History
Spring Presentation on Indigenous Cartography
Posted by: Carissa Pastuch
Join us online May 2, 2024, for a Spring Presentation with two conversations on indigenous cartography. At 3:00pm Lauren Beck, Canada Research Chair in Intercultural Encounter and Professor of Visual and Material Culture Studies at Mount Allison University, Canada, will discuss Extractive Place Naming Practices in Early Modern North America. At 5:00pm S. Max Edelson, …
Posted in: 17th century cartography, 18th century cartography, Events, Geography and Map Division
With Love from our Cosmographic Heart
Posted by: Carissa Pastuch
Geography and Map Division shares our favorite heart-shaped map for Valentine's Day!
Posted in: 16th century cartography
Propaganimals: Using the Lion to Politicize Geography
Posted by: Carissa Pastuch
Historically, maps have been used to promote political ideologies. The Dutch mastered the technique during the 16th and 17th centuries, making the Low Countries (present-day Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg or Benelux Countries and Northern France) appear in the form of a lion, called Leo Belgicus.
Posted in: 16th century cartography, 17th century cartography, European History
Atlas of the Ottoman New Order
Posted by: Carissa Pastuch
This blog showcases one of our rare 19th century Ottoman Turkish cartographic works.
Posted in: 19th century cartography, Middle East and North African History
Exploring the First Printed Arabic World Atlas
Posted by: Carissa Pastuch
On the vault shelves of the Geography and Map Division between John Arrowsmith’s London Atlas of Universal Geography (1858) and a 19th century French jigsaw-puzzle map of the world made of wood, Atlas geographique, lies a 50 x 31 centimeter nondescript atlas in green binding. The hunter green lusterless cover may seem unremarkable, but open …
Posted in: 19th century cartography, Middle East and North African History
Philip Lee Phillips Society Meets Peter Parley, a Geographer for Children
Posted by: Carissa Pastuch
This is a guest post by Jackie Coleburn, Rare Book Cataloger at the Library of Congress. Did Philip Lee Phillips study Peter Parley geography books when he was a child? This is a detail of his personal history we may never know. Philip Lee Phillips (1857–1924) was the first Superintendent of Maps when the Hall …
Posted in: American History, Guest Posts