Category Archives: Maps of the Week

Map of the Week: Unraveling the Borders of Israel and Palestine Through Time

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Owen Goss

Borders. No two nations have had more issues with this word and what it represents over the past century than Israel and Palestine. The brief history of these nations has been marked by constant conflict between one another, primarily over … Continue reading →

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Yaozhuo Sun — Map of the Week: City Maps That Orient You Better Than Google Can

Posted on December 14, 2023 by Yaozhuo Sun

As a member of Generation Z, our inclination to rely on navigation tools like Google Maps and other satellite-based apps is ingrained in our travel habits. When we get to a new city, we use Google Maps on our phones … Continue reading →

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Luca Tenuto- Map of The Week

Posted on December 9, 2023 by Luca Tenuto

For much more than a century, Major League Baseball (MLB) has been an integral part of American sports culture. The league began in the 1860s with just eight clubs and has since expanded to become a flourishing national organization. This … Continue reading →

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Map of the Week: Redlining in Richmond

Posted on November 9, 2023 by Lucy Patterson

If one were to travel from Richmond’s West End or Westover Hills to Church Hill or Oak Grove on a sweltering summer day, the difference in temperature would be appreciable. Representing average summertime temperatures, areas colored in red and orange … Continue reading →

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This is a map of Virginia showing the state’s slave population, information obtained from the 1860 census. Slavery had existed in Virginia since it’s beginning as a British colony, stretching back to 1619. By 1860, enslaved persons comprised around one-third … Continue reading →

Posted on November 8, 2023 by Jacob Wigglesworth | 2 Comments

“The Rhetoric of Cartography: Unpacking the 1932 Japanese Stereotype Map”

Posted on November 4, 2023 by Yingzhe Zhang

In the early 1930s, as Japan’s imperial ambitions were on the rise, an exceptional satirical world map was introduced to the Japanese public. This unique piece offered a vivid visual commentary on the world as perceived through Japanese eyes, particularly … Continue reading →

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Mapping the Road to Love in the 19th Century

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Bridget Johnston

If there was a guide to work your way into someone’s heart, would you use it? It is time to delete your Tinder profile and forget about the person you met at the bar last week because with this antique … Continue reading →

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Map of the Week: “Soviet Penetration in the Near East, Middle East and East Africa Through the Media of Hospitals and Medical Missions”

Posted on October 24, 2023 by Grace Brown

Whether it was espionage, space races, or the Red Scare, Americans have been fascinated, and at times terrified, by the formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). While most of the understanding we have from the time of … Continue reading →

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Map of the Week: Mem-O-Map: Okinawa

Posted on October 24, 2023 by Lucy Duggan

Throughout the first six weeks of this course, The Rhetorical Lives of Maps, we have focused on how maps have much more meaning than just giving directions, and how they can tell a story. This was exemplified within the first … Continue reading →

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Map of the Week: Alaska Size and Distance Comparison

Posted on October 24, 2023 by Matthew Boone

  When viewing the Mercator Projection of the United States map, how often do we consider the relative sizes of the fifty states? This map presents a graphic illustration of the size of Alaska in comparison to the entire continental … Continue reading →

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