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Category: Map of the Week

The Reaches of New York City

March 24, 2022August 25, 2022 Yidan Xu

Hi Everyone! Welcome back!!! I hope everyone had a wonderful Spring Break! Coming back to our lovely campus again, I thought we could look into a few maps of the places we are all familiar with. 😉  This exquisite map Read More …

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A Map of California

March 3, 2022August 25, 2022 Yidan Xu

Hello everyone, I hope everything is going well with your mid-term exams, papers, or projects! Spring Break is approaching and so are the exciting field trips! This map of California is for those who will go on the East California Read More …

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Mexico City: 1556

February 24, 2022August 25, 2022 Yidan Xu

When we saw so many cities and villages built in the water and other great towns on dry land we were amazed and said that it was like the enchantments … on account of the great towers and cues and Read More …

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Arctic Ocean

February 16, 2022December 9, 2022 Yidan Xu

Hello everyone, It’s already the last week of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, have you watched any games? There are a lot of “cold and chilly elements” on campus this week: we got more snow at the beginning of this Read More …

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Japan City Plans: Kyoto North & South

February 10, 2022August 25, 2022 Yidan Xu

Hello everyone, This week, we’re gonna continue staying in East Asia and take a look at the maps of Kyoto, Japan. Like the Beijing Map we saw last week, these Kyoto maps were made by the Army Map Service for Read More …

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Eastern China: Peking

February 3, 2022August 25, 2022 Yidan Xu

Hello everyone, This Tuesday, February 2nd, was Lunar New Year in many East Asian cultures. I hope this map of Beijing (Peking) can bring us closer to this celebration of the beginning of the year of Tiger! Besides having topographic Read More …

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Vassar College Campus

January 27, 2022August 25, 2022 Yidan Xu

Hi everyone, welcome back to campus! I hope you all have a great winter break. As we are all now back on campus, I thought it would be exciting to look into an old campus map. Though the date of Read More …

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Historical Map of Scotland

December 3, 2021December 3, 2021 Yidan Xu

Hi everyone! Up into the finals, I hope this colorful historical map of Scotland could cheer you up in the midst of projects and exams!

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Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Map

September 13, 2021November 17, 2021 Alysa Chen
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Resource and Transportation Map

March 24, 2021March 24, 2021 Aidan Antonienko

Kirkbright­, no date Hi Everyone, Happy spring from Ely hall. This week’s hand-drawn map is from Vassar’s pre-ArcGIS/ESRI technology cartography days. The map is missing some key identification information; there’s no date (although ArcGIS came out in 1999, so it’s Read More …

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