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Monthly Archives: September 2013
Atlas of the Week 2 [September 22-29]: Atlas of Clinical Vascular Medicine
source: http://librarycat.richmond.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1543172 This is the Atlas of Clinical Vascular Medicine written in 2013 by Michael R. Jaff. The reason why I chose this as an interesting atlas to check out is because it is amazingly unique. This atlas is not … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlas, Atlases of the Week, Clinical Vascular Medicine, Medicine
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Map of the Week 2 [September 22-29]: Rand McNally’s “Hawaii”
Source: http://www.bigmapblog.com/2013/map-of-hawaii-rand-mcnally-191/ A map’s power derives from the decisions of what to include made by cartographers, which have an immense impact on their underlying meaning and importance. It is not apparent from a brief glance at a map, … Continue reading
Atlas of the Week [September 22-29]: Africa–Atlas of Our Changing Environment
Africa: Atlas of Our Changing Environment provides a detailed look into the environmental issues across the continent of Africa through maps, diagrams, charts, and vivid photography. The atlas includes satellite images and graphs to give an informative account of the … Continue reading
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Map of the Week [September 22-29]: Africa in 1909
In the words of Denis Wood, “mapmaking fuses its growth and development with history, in the transformation of the world” (Wood 47). The National Geographic Magazine map of Africa from 1909 shows modern viewers the continent of Africa in a … Continue reading
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