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- 1From:American History (Vol. 58, Issue 1)THIS 1892 MAP depicts the Oklahoma and Indian Territories not long after the famous Oklahoma Land Rush that started April 22, 1889, and eventually brought 50,000 White settlers into the area--a significant development in...
- 2From:The Brooklyn RailUncommon Denominator The Morgan Library & Museum, New York February 10-May 28, 2023 Language, in the hands of Nina Katchadourian, instructs like a map drawn from memory. Weaving through her associations yields a visual...
- 3From:Michigan History Magazine (Vol. 106, Issue 5)Michigan State University (MSU) students are working to document the history of Lansing's local food systems--a project that has led them to the sites of grocery stores past. It all began during the fall 2020 semester,...
- 4From:MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History (Vol. 34, Issue 4)A brace of massive topographical maps of the Civil War's pivotal July 1-3, 1863, Battle of Gettysburg--though one is over six times the size of the other--have entertained, inspired, and educated generations of visitors...
- 5From:Astronomy (Vol. 50, Issue 6)When the Apollo 11 Lunar Module was running low on fuel and getting too close to the lunar surface to abort, alarms began to light up in Mission Control. The site for the July 20, 1969, landing had been carefully chosen,...
- 6From:The Middle EastWhen one thinks of Jordan as a tourist destination, the places that immediately spring to mind are Aqaba and the rose red city of Petra, but don't be deceived here are a wealth of lesser known, hidden treasures to...
- 7From:The Middle EastThe map of the Middle East is undergoing dramatic change as the old order that has existed since the infamous Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916, that arbitrarily divided the region steadily disintegrates, triggered in large...
- 8From:State LegislaturesFor decades, redistricting arguably has been the most powerful political act legislatures perform, shaping representative democracy for decades at a time. And the current cycle is just beginning, with most of the work...
- 9From:The Bookseller (Issue 5874)Through Nielsen BookScan, Travel books aren't exactly basking in sunshine. At the moment, it's less luxury villa and more like a drizzly Bank Holiday spent camping in a waterlogged tent. For 2019, the market was at 5.56...
- 10From:Geographical (Vol. 92, Issue 2)This map, a British copy of a Tibetan original, depicts parts of Sikkim, Tibet, Darjeeling and India. It contains detailed depictions of topography and infrastructure, including numerous monasteries, as well as scenes...
- 11From:National Geographic (Vol. 236, Issue 2)THERMOMETER-WIELDING VOLUNTEER DRIVERS are partnering with climate researchers to create maps of urban heat islands across the United States. On a hot day in Washington, D.C., for example, temperatures varied nearly 17...
- 12From:New African (Issue 596)Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs made an embarrassing mistake when it published a map which saw Somalia swallowed whole by Ethiopia. To add insult to Mogadishu's injury, the map included Somaliland: a...
- 13From:New Statesman (Vol. 148, Issue 5477)Would I, I am asked by his mother, like to drive the youngest back from university. That would be a pleasure, I reply. He is studying at Sussex University, which is just according to the internet a 15-minute drive from...
- 14From:The Economist (Vol. 431, Issue 9139)How to narrow the search for ore AS TREASURE MAPS go, it will be hard to beat. Geologists from Harvard University, Geoscience Australia and the Australian National University are drawing up a map to show where mining...
- 15From:Geographical (Vol. 91, Issue 4)The Book of Curiosities, an 11th century manuscript covering the then-known universe through a series of highly illustrative maps, was almost unknown to scholars until the year 2000 when a copy from c.1200 surfaced....
- 16From:Popular Science (Vol. 291, Issue 1)GPS WILL LEAD YOU AROUND THE PAVED PARTS OF THE WORLD, but tapping on a smartphone screen won't always work in the wilderness. For backcountry adventures, you'll need to be comfortable going analog. These tools won't...
- 17From:Spectator (Vol. 339, Issue 9938)Max Gill: Wonderground Man Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, until 28 April MacDonald 'Max' Gill (1884-1947) is less well known than his notorious brother, Eric. But was he less of a designer, less of an artist?...
- 18From:Junior Scholastic/Current Events (Vol. 121, Issue 8)On pp. 12-13 of this issue, we invited students to enter our 25th annual Can You Find Mapman[R]? contest. There are two versions of the entry form: a black-and-white version (below) and a color version at...
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- 20From:The Economist (Vol. 429, Issue 9123)How the strange shapes of American cities came about, and how it holds them back BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, is shaped like a kidney, taller than it is wide, curving eastwards slightly on its longer sides. It is contiguous,...