2020-10-31
The #collection focuses on rare 16th through 21st century #maps of North and South America, as well as maps of the World, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. The collection includes atlases, wall maps, globes, school geographies, pocket maps, books of exploration, maritime charts, and a variety of cartographic materials including pocket, wall, children's, and manuscript maps. Items range in date from about 1550 to the present.
#cartography
2020-10-31
Ben Fry is principal of Fathom, a #design and #software consultancy located in Boston. He received his doctoral degree from the #Aesthetics + #Computation Group at the MIT Media Laboratory, where his research focused on combining fields such as #computer #science, #statistics, graphic design, and #data #visualization as a means for understanding #information.
#siteoftheday
2020-10-31
These eye-catching maps, drawn by Harold Fisk — a geologist and cartographer working for the US Army Corps of Engineers — trace the ever-shifting banks of the Mississippi River from southern Illinois to southern Louisiana. #cartography
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These eye-catching maps, drawn by Harold Fisk — a geologist and cartographer working for the US Army Corps of Engineers — trace the ever-shifting banks of the Mississippi River from southern Illinois to southern Louisiana. #cartography
