U.S. Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic Center, August 1970 Hi Everyone, This cold-war era nautical chart from the U.S. Defense Mapping Agency centers on the Barents Sea, a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean on the northern coasts of Russia and Read More …
Category: Map of the Week
New York Times Map of Eastern Europe
By E. Herlin. No Date. This map of eastern Europe from the New York Times centers the region during World War II. Although this map doesn’t have a date on it, a few things can help us place it. First, Read More …
Poughkeepsie Water Supply System Master Plan
Published by Gibbs & Hill Inc, 18 January 1961 Hello and welcome back, I hope everyone had a good break. Now that we’ve come back to Poughkeepsie, I thought I’d highlight this plan for the Poughkeepsie water supply system from Read More …
Map of the Week: Pictorial Map of the American Continent: Featuring the Pan American Highway and showing some of the natural resources, scenic wonders, and points of interest
The back of this map is titled “Know Your Neighbors Better” and has descriptive articles on most of the countries featured on the map (including what were at the time French Colonies, British Honduras– later named Belize– British Guiana, and Read More …
Map of the Week: Brasil: Proposed Manufacturing Industries
This map of Brazil from 1943 shows the locations of various natural resources and industries. It’s unclear from the “proposed” in the title who is proposing these industries and to what level they may be already existing. Note the lack Read More …
Map of the Week: Detroit Street Map
Michigan is a key swing state in this year’s presidential election. Although historically democratic, the state was narrowly won by Donald Trump in 2016. A recent New York Times article picked out three of the state’s counties– Macomb, Oakland, and Read More …
