In this blog post from the Geography and Maps Division blog, World's Revealed, see how a variety of primary sources can be used to enhance the study of a specific event in history.
Learn more about using Sanborn maps with your students and the tools the Geography and Maps Division have created to make it easier to find maps for your community.
Come to the first of our series of STEM-Related webinars featuring Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow Jacqueline Katz, Learn about the Sanborn Maps Navigator and how to use it with your students.
The panoramic map was a popular cartographic form used to depict U.S. and Canadian cities and towns during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Known also as bird’s-eye views, perspective maps, or aero views, panoramic maps are non-photographic representations of cities portrayed as if viewed from above at an oblique angle.