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Posted by: Carissa Pastuch
Join the Geography and Map Division and Philip Lee Phillips Society for this free in-person event, taking place on Thursday, May 8, 2025, from 1:15 PM to 4:15 PM in the Jefferson Building. Together we will will explore the significance of map surrounds through engaging talks about cartographic self portraits and the watermarks in the William Hacke atlas, along with a themed display.
Posted in: Events, Geography and Map Division
Posted by: Carissa Pastuch
An update on recently published finding aids in the Geography and Map Division.
Posted in: Reference Guides
![photomechanical print from painting of Rochambeau head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]](https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/files/2024/11/Gen-roch.jpg)
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
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, Middle East and North African History
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
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
Posted by: Carissa Pastuch
Geography and Map Division shares our favorite heart-shaped map for Valentine's Day!
Posted in: 16th century cartography
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
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