- Jan 4, 2021
- LMEC Staff
Roaring Twenties Countdown
These maps from our collections, one for each 20s decade starting in 1520, helped us count down to New Years 2021
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- Dec 30, 2020
- Rachel Mead and Garrett Dash Nelson
Stretching the world at the end of a war
A Newsmap from December 1945 shows how cartographic projection promoted the U.S. view of itself as a global power
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- Nov 24, 2020
- Lauren Chen
What a relief
How to make a relief map in the era before 3D printing
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- Nov 23, 2020
- Garrett Dash Nelson
A sylvan boundary
Why the line between Massachusetts and New Hampshire pivots around a pine tree
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- Nov 19, 2020
- Garrett Dash Nelson
Parts unknown—or willful ignorance
What's hidden in the emptiness of a map
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- Nov 2, 2020
- Lauren Chen
Sundial maps
A little-known map projection casts light on the relationship between time and maps
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- Sep 24, 2020
- Rachel Mead
Public Lands Day
Public lands are important to celebrate, but we should also think about who owned them first
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