Monthly Archives: October 2017

As I grow older, my awareness of my own values and how they compare to other people’s has become much more acute. In my mind, it is crucial that citizens are aware of their own values, but also of the … Continue reading →

This week’s blog website is Galaxy Map, which contains of course maps of the galaxy! This site contains two types of maps: a Milky Way Explorer from Google maps interface that shows what our galaxy would look like through infrared, … Continue reading →

  This map depicts what one map maker visualized the world looking like after the conclusion of World War Two.  Maurice Gomberg hailed from Philadelphia, PA, “The City of Brotherly Love.”  Him being an American puts a political spin on … Continue reading →

The Netflix series Narcos, which I have recently finished, is based on the cocaine dealers of Colombia, specifically Pablo Escobar and the Cali cartel, and shows both how they were caught, but also how they were able to make huge … Continue reading →

This week’s blog website is from Betsy Watson and Greg Miller of National Geographic. It contains a wide variety of maps, including different maps of the solar eclipse and a one-hundred year old map of Rome that still stands up … Continue reading →

This digital atlas on Harvard’s website contains details about ancient civilizations, especially the Roman Empire. It contains lots of details of the Roman Empire at its prime, including ports, military forts, and various transportation landmarks. While it may seem overwhelming … Continue reading →

The Post War-New World Map created by Maurice Gomberg in October 1941, but not published until 1942, provided the world with a new and intriguing prediction of the world would look once the dust from world war two settled. While … Continue reading →

I chose this atlas because at first glance it looks like a “normal” projection of the world, but if you look deeper, many critiques can be made.