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The Cartography of Civilisations
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (296+ words) The New Indian Express Walk past the line of souvenir shops in a particular street in Madaba You arrive at the Church of Saint George in this ancient city in Jordan Its fa'ade though unassuming, is elegant in design The…...
Following the footsteps of a radical explorer forgotten by history
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (1193+ words) National Geographic Following the footsteps of a radical explorer forgotten by history Feted by royalty and friends with other intellectual luminaries of his day, George Forster was one history's greatest explorers. An early advocate of racial and gender equality, retracing…...
The long argument against geography
3+ week, 15+ hour ago (214+ words) When historians look back at 9 June 2026, they may not remember it simply as the day a tunnel achieved breakthrough. They may remember it as the day a centuries old relationship between people and geography began to change. They may remember…...
The World in an Archive: Preserving the Websites of Geographers, Cartographers, and Map Enthusiasts | The Signal
3+ week, 1+ day ago (100+ words) Posted by: Tracee Haupt Fugate Please introduce yourself. What is your job at the Library of Congress, and what was your role in creating this collection?" Can you briefly describe the collection?" How did you select material to archive? Did…...
New OPB film "The Wreck of the Brother Jonathan" takes viewers aboard the "West Coast"s Titanic," unspooling the complicated history of a legendary steamship
3+ week, 1+ day ago (436+ words) June 9, 2026 " The first in-depth film to examine the "Titanic of the West Coast" " a notorious 1865 shipwreck near Crescent City, Calif. " launched this week by Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB). "The Wreck of the Brother Jonathan," part of OPB's "Oregon Experience" historical…...
Historic Icelandic Maps Added to Landmark Akureyri Collection
3+ week, 2+ day ago (242+ words) A rare collection of historical maps of Iceland held in Akureyri has grown once again after German collector Karl-Werner Schulte donated the final items from his personal collection on his 80th birthday. As reported by R'V, Schulte spent the day in…...
Great Historical Maps Collection - Il Giornale (d LZfrg JYlu)
3+ week, 6+ day ago (72+ words) Great Historical Maps Collection - Il Giornale (LZfrg JYlu Q) Fathom Journal Join over 9000 global opinion formers by subscribing to Fathom's influential Weekly Newsletter Great Historical Maps Collection - Il Giornale (d LZfrg JYlu) Tag: #Joe Rodon, #weather today, #rickie fowler, #ttc uncharted…...
Comparing the Purpose and Presentation of D-Day Maps Created 50 Years Apart | Teaching with the Library
3+ week, 6+ day ago (511+ words) Comparing the Purpose and Presentation of D-Day Maps Created 50 Years Apart The Library of Congress (. gov) In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, British, Canadian, and American troops began landing on the beaches of Normandy with a shared goal of…...
Little Blue Dot: How the Global Positioning System Shaped the Modern World by Katherine Dunn
4+ week, 9+ hour ago (46+ words) Publishers Weekly Little Blue Dot: How the Global Positioning System Shaped the Modern World Katherine Dunn. Bloomsbury, $29. 99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-63973-431-3 More By and About this Authorchevron_right...
The Moon map that made history | Timeless
4+ week, 1+ day ago (170+ words) Posted by: Neely Tucker " This is a guest post by Meagan Snow, a geospatial data visualization librarian in the Geography and Map Division. It also appears in the May/June issue of the Library of Congress Magazine." For thousands of…...