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Detail of manuscript map of the Bamum kingdom showing mountains, rivers, and roads labeled with Bamum text

Competing Cartographies in Cameroon

Posted by: Amelia Raines

This 1714 map still shows the northern region of Roussillon as part of Catalonia. Despite territorial cessations having been made in the wake of the Franco-Spanish War

Indeterminately Independent: The Volatile Autonomy of the Spanish Region of Catalonia

Posted by: Sonia Kahn

Detail of map of the southern portion of Michigan's lower peninsula, Ohio, and northeast Indiana, with counties labeled and colored. The region of the Toledo Strip forms the southern parts of Hillsdale, Lenawee, and Monroe Counties in Michigan.

If You Seek a Pleasant Peninsula, Forget Toledo

Posted by: Amelia Raines

Portion of map above that shows New Mexico and Arizona split on a horizontal line.

“The Integrity of the Soil”: Splitting the Southwest

Posted by: Amelia Raines

A panoramic view of Afghanistan.

The Great Game and the Boundaries of Afghanistan

Posted by: Cynthia Smith

Brown, red, and yellow tinted map illustration of the continents of Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, with a circular frame around them

The Changing Place Names of Washington, D.C.

Posted by: Tim St. Onge

Brown, red, and yellow tinted map illustration of the continents of Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, with a circular frame around them

The Rise and Fall of the Orange Free State and Transvaal in Southern Africa

Posted by: Ryan Moore

Brown, red, and yellow tinted map illustration of the continents of Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, with a circular frame around them

An Atlas of Geographical Fun

Posted by: Julie Stoner

Brown, red, and yellow tinted map illustration of the continents of Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, with a circular frame around them

Modest Monuments: The District of Columbia Boundary Stones

Posted by: Tim St. Onge