Category Archives: Maps of the Week

Map of the Week: Map of Stereotypes

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Kim

Borat, Chili con Carne and Soccer Moms: these are just a few of the labels that graphic designer Yanko Tsvetkov uses to distinguish parts of the known world. At first glance, these obscene, bright colored words take its readers aback … Continue reading →

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Map of the Week 7(October 28- November 3): Cold War Confrontation

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Zachary Halaschak

The peak of the Cold War was a powder keg waiting to detonate. Two vying factions on two ideological poles were both competing for world power and dominance and in the eyes of both the United States and the Soviet … Continue reading →

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Map of the Week 7(October 28- November 3): China in the end of 19th Century

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Jennifer

Maps are like photos of the world. In my photo albums, there are pictures of me as a crying baby, a basketball player in the team or a party girl running crazy with friends. Whenever I open those albums, I … Continue reading →

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Map of the Week 6 (October 21-27): GDP Wealth

Posted on October 27, 2013 by

Source: http://www.worldmapper.org/display.php?selected=169/ The gap between the world’s rich and poor is inconceivable. Worldmapper’s GDP Wealth map attempts to demonstrate the extent of this disparity by showing the shockingly disproportionate gross domestic product of each of the world’s countries, relative to each … Continue reading →

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Map of the Week 6 (October 21-27): A Cartogram of the World’s Population

Posted on October 27, 2013 by

  A Cartogram of the World’s Population             David Salisbury, a well-respected geographer from the University of Richmond, said, “all maps are lies and are out-of-date the minute they are published.” Most would hear this statement when seeing a map … Continue reading →

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Map of the Week 5 (October 7 – October 13): Territorial Growth of the United States

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Vanessa K

Source: http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/maps/print-collection/us-territorial-growth-map.html When the United States declared its independence from Great Britain in 1776, the country only consisted of thirteen colonies. In the matter of three centuries, the borders of the country expanded and transformed to create the fifty states … Continue reading →

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Map of the Week 5 (October 7 – October 13): Africa in Perspective

Posted on October 10, 2013 by

  Maps are lies! They do not accurately depict reality; this is partly due to projection. Projection causes distortion in maps, which depend on the mapmaker. In the “Size of Africa,” map, created by Times Atlas, several other countries are … Continue reading →

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Map of the Week 4 (September 30-Ocotber 6): The Racial Dot Map

Posted on October 5, 2013 by

Source: http://demographics.coopercenter.org/DotMap/index.htmlSource: The United States of America has had a tumultuous past regarding race relations, as you may have learned a thing or two about in history class. Borders of states were often shaped with race and culture in mind, namely … Continue reading →

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Map of the Week 3 [September 30-October 6]: Population Density of the United States 1790

Posted on October 5, 2013 by

source: http://www.census.gov/history/www/reference/maps/1790_population_map.html How could a map exclusively of the United States shape national identity and American international relations? The Department of the Interior’s map of the population of the United States shows the population density of 1790. This was the first … Continue reading →

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Map of the Week 2 [September 22-29]: Rand McNally’s “Hawaii”

Posted on September 28, 2013 by

  Source: http://www.bigmapblog.com/2013/map-of-hawaii-rand-mcnally-191/   A map’s power derives from the decisions of what to include made by cartographers, which have an immense impact on their underlying meaning and importance. It is not apparent from a brief glance at a map, … Continue reading →

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