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Posted by: Meagan Snow
This blog post describes William "Buffalo Bill" Cody's attempt to irrigate Wyoming's Big Horn Basin through maps which detail the area.
Posted in: 19th century cartography, 20th century cartography, American History, Physical Geography
Posted by: Cynthia Smith
This post features a qibla compass that was recently acquired for the collections of the Geography and Map Division. The qibla compass was made in Turkey during the Ottoman Empire.
Posted in: 18th century cartography, 19th century cartography, Middle East and North African History
Posted by: Amelia Raines
Copperplate printing was a major method of map production for several hundred years. This post explores the history of printing maps with engraved copper plates, featuring several example maps and photographs of copper plates from the Geography and Map Division collections. This is the first post in a new series about map printing and creation, Fabricating the World.
Posted in: 16th century cartography, 17th century cartography, 18th century cartography, 19th century cartography, Series: Fabricating the World
Posted by: Abraham Parrish
Mauka to Makai: The Ahupua'a of Hawai'i explores the ancient Hawaiian land division system which utilized a cross section of island resources in strips of land running from the ocean to the mountains. Many examples of these biogeographic and geologic resources are covered with Hawaiian nomenclature.
Posted in: 19th century cartography, 20th century cartography
Posted by: Tim St. Onge
Antonio García Cubas's 1885 "Atlas pintoresco é histórico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos" is a vivid showcase of Mexico in the late 19th century.
Posted in: 19th century cartography, Hispanic American History
Posted by: Cynthia Smith
Topographical maps of Venus are featured in this post. The transit of Venus is also discussed.
Posted in: 18th century cartography, 19th century cartography, 20th century cartography, Exploration
Posted by: Abraham Parrish
Exploration of wetlands drainage for farming through maps in the United States during the second half of the 19th century and early 20th century focusing on Florida and the Midwest.
Posted in: 19th century cartography, 20th century cartography, American History
Posted by: Amelia Raines
This post explores a unique Thai cloth map, acquired by the Geography and Map Division in 2023.
Posted in: 18th century cartography, 19th century cartography, Asian History, Borders, Manuscripts
Posted by: Tim St. Onge
The tradition of Shaker cartography is explored through various 19th century maps of Shaker villages.
Posted in: 19th century cartography, American History