Monthly Archives: April 2017

[Click on the map above to enter the Executive Abroad site on the DSL’s American Panorama] Before the twentieth-century, no sitting president and only a single secretary of state traveled outside the United States. With several modest and one very … Continue reading →

https://somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com   Somethingaboutmaps is a fascinating cartography blog. A blog kept by Daniel Huffman, not only does the blog contain different maps, but the core of its content focus around Huffman’s cartographic techniques. Mapping islands, overlaying rivers and choosing fonts … Continue reading →

https://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/pdf/plp/occasional/OccPaper7.pdf Whereas an Atlas is a books of maps, Maps of The First World War is an essay of maps. All sorts of maps from World War I, depicting supply lines, orders of battles, and America’s largest offensive of the War, are strung … Continue reading →

Click here for a zoomable image (Courtesy of Big Think) A Chart of Cosmic Exploration, on its surface, may seem like a harmless, information-delivering apparatus intended for a casual audience. However, at a time when science is being politicized, this chart … Continue reading →

Our map was the 2016 Fragile State Index. It highlights, based upon several criteria, which states are at the greatest risk of collapse, and those which would likely remain stable for the foreseeable future. The categories nations fall into go … Continue reading →

The Nuclear Club map was created in 1981 in London by Michael Kidron and Ronald Segal. This map can be found in State of the World Atlas, which was part of the Pluto Project. The Pluto Project was the work … Continue reading →

The map pictured is a representation of U.S. imports and exports of commodities from the year 1967. The National Geographic society compiled the data from the U.S. Bureau of the Consensus and included the map in a 1968 issue. Around … Continue reading →

The first instance of telescopic based lunar mapping occurred in the 1600’s, illustrating human’s obsession with the moon further. Poems, songs, books, motifs in the later–all of have been centered around the moon. As technology increased, humans began lunar mapping … Continue reading →