Monthly Archives: October 2014

Current World Illicit Trafficking

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Travis

              Regardless of the morbid content it holds, the chosen map is fascinating for charting black market activity worldwide.  While there is a distinctive lack of common cartographic labels for countries, the map remains … Continue reading →

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Atlas of Neurological Diseases Around the World

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Lauren

This Atlas is unlike anything that I have ever seen before in that it is made up of maps that compare the number of cases and severity of neurological diseases around the world, along with the number of people in … Continue reading →

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How to Destroy Almost Half of the World

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Lauren

Is it possible to destroy almost half the planet based off only one criterion? Nate Silver of the 538 blog does just that with his map that excludes the countries in the lowest 5% of the GDP. By taking all … Continue reading →

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Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture + Blog Curation

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Griff

  This week’s atlas of the week, brought to you by Phaidon contains some of the foremost works of contemporary architecture grouped by location. In this arrangement, we are able to have a spacial aid to our understanding of regional … Continue reading →

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The West-Indies

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Griff

An ever reaching expansion of the European powers, the West-Indies hosted some of the most lucrative trade of its time. With England, France, Holland, Spain, and others vying for a share of the new world, cartography held a critical component … Continue reading →

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