Author Archives: Sean M.

Where the Wall Will Be: An Atlas of the Mexican – United States Border

Posted on March 19, 2017 by Sean M.

http://www.wwu.edu/bpri/files/2010_fall_border_brief.pdf   This link leads to an atlas detailing the traffic and activity across the Mexican – US border in 2010. This seemed quite relevant with the immigration uproar the past year or so. This atlas marks where crossings occur, … Continue reading →

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The Perceived Fantasy Land of 1920s Manhattan

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Sean M.

  Never has a map caught my eye so quickly. “A map of the wondrous isle of Manhattan” was created by the cartographer Charles Vernon Farrow in 1926, yet I feel as though I imagined the same captivating New York … Continue reading →

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