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Posted by: Tim St. Onge
This blog post is part of a summer series on imaginary maps, written by Hannah Stahl, a former Library Technician in the Geography & Map Division. Read the introductory post to the series here. During this summer we’ve entered the mindsets of readers from the Middle Ages, traveled with Frodo and Sam through Mordor, visited …
Posted by: Tim St. Onge
This blog post is part of a summer series on imaginary maps, written by Hannah Stahl, a Library Technician in the Geography & Map Division. Read the introductory post to the series here. “You’re off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be monsters!” – Captain Barbossa, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the …
Posted in: Exploration, Series: Imaginary Maps in Literature and Beyond
Posted by: Tim St. Onge
This blog post is part of a summer series on imaginary maps, written by Hannah Stahl, a Library Technician in the Geography & Map Division. Read the introductory post to the series here. We are getting close to the end of our summer series on maps of imaginary places. To finish the series, in several …
Posted by: Tim St. Onge
This blog post is part of a summer series on imaginary maps, written by Hannah Stahl, a Library Technician in the Geography & Map Division. Read the introductory post to the series here. Our journey into imaginary worlds continues this week with maps of imaginary places that are related to children’s literature. My first exposure …
Posted in: Exploration, Series: Imaginary Maps in Literature and Beyond
Posted by: Tim St. Onge
This blog post is part of a summer series on imaginary maps, written by Hannah Stahl, a Library Technician in the Geography & Map Division. Read the introductory post to the series here. “Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle. Who knows?” – George R.R. Martin We pick back up today with a comparison …
Posted by: Tim St. Onge
This blog post is part of a summer series on imaginary maps, written by Hannah Stahl, a Library Technician in the Geography & Map Division. Read the introductory post to the series here. All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, …
Posted by: Tim St. Onge
This blog post is part of a summer series on imaginary maps, written by Hannah Stahl, a Library Technician in the Geography & Map Division. Read the first post in the series here. We start our journey into imaginary worlds this summer by examining maps and texts created during the high Middle Ages and the …
Posted by: Tim St. Onge
Today’s post is from Hannah Stahl, a Library Technician in the Geography & Map Division. Why would someone with an English degree have any interest in maps? Well, I’ll tell you. No area of study occurs in a vacuum. In some of my English classes, and other classes I took for that matter, maps and …