Category Archives: Atlases of the Week

Atlas of the Week 6 (October 21-27): The West Point Atlas of American Wars

Posted on October 28, 2013 by

The West Point Atlas of American Wars painstakingly catalogues American military history in great detail. The university library has the first two volumes in the series that span from the colonial wars through the Korean War. Each battle of each … Continue reading →

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Atlas of the Week 5 (October 7 – October 13): Atlas of Human Infectious Diseases

Posted on October 10, 2013 by

Did you know that bacteria and viruses exist everywhere on Earth? Did you also know that only three percent of all microbes can harm you? Microbes can be extremely dangerous and even fatal despite them being microscopic and naked to … Continue reading →

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Atlas of the Week 4 (September 30- October 6)- Atlas of Global Strategy (1985)

Posted on October 5, 2013 by

The Atlas of Global Strategy; War and Peace in the Nuclear Age by Lawrence Freedman is a great atlas to check out as it is a perfect segue into the Post World War II theme we will be studying in class. … Continue reading →

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Atlas of the Week 3 [September 30-October 6]: Hammond’s Ambassador World Atlas

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Hammond’s Ambassador World Atlas transports the reader back to 1961 through country profiles, exotic pictures, and hundreds of maps. This atlas is a reflection of a society with atomic anxiety, and the obsessive desire to spread their beliefs internationally and even … Continue reading →

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Atlas of the Week 2 [September 22-29]: Atlas of Clinical Vascular Medicine

Posted on September 28, 2013 by

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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Atlas of the Week [September 22-29]: Africa–Atlas of Our Changing Environment

Posted on September 26, 2013 by

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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