Author Archives: Kayla Connelly

Blog of the Week: Geographicus.com

This blog, founded by Kevin James Brown in 1999, continues to actively produce maps and critiques of maps from all time periods and all continents of the world about several topics. One particular map which caught my eye was of … Continue reading

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Atlas of the Week: Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Atlas of the Week: Hey gang! Check out this atlas of the transatlantic slave trade. There is a fairly new database, which has collected over 30,000 documents detailing specific slave voyages that took place from 1500 to 1900. It is … Continue reading

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Map of the Week: (Un)Happy Nations

The title of my map is (Un) happy Nations, or (Un) happy planet as first named. This map was made by Benjamin Hennig, and is included in his book entitled, “Rediscovering the World: Map Transformations of Human and Physical Space”. … Continue reading

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