Category Archives: Maps of the Week

Few scientists challenge the notions of climate change and global warming. Although these fact-based, scientific theories have been thoroughly proven through countless years of evidential data, there still remains those who refuse to accept the prospect that humans may be … Continue reading →

As scholars have pointed out since decades ago: a map is far more than just “reproducing” reality; it has characteristics, that define who it is and what it’s for. Denis Wood stated in his The Power of Maps, “maps link … Continue reading →

While searching for maps, I came across a map that was very similar to the first map that I ever saw in elementary school.  This bright, colorful, and bold map drew my attention because of the colorful cartoons that made … Continue reading →

Larger Image http://www.nato.int/nato_static/assets/pdf/pdf_publications/NATO_member_and_partner_countries-2011-ENG.pdf As we enter 2017, the world has never been closer than it is now. Communication and information have completely revolutionized society and how countries interact with one another. As members of this society, it is important that … Continue reading →

The absurdity of the portrayal of the colonies’ extension across America is not quite like any other map that I have seen. Few maps are as dramatic in their presentation as John Mitchell’s map of the colonies. Its colonies sweep … Continue reading →

October 29, 1929 was one of the greatest shocks to hit the United States. Starting on a day known as “Black Thursday,” on October 24th, stocks fell over 23 percent. The Country was sent into a frenzy as 9,000 banks closed … Continue reading →

If you are a breathing human-being in the United States, or perhaps even elsewhere, you did not go an hour without either hearing or seeing a comment, tweet, picture, video– you name it– regarding the election results on November 9th, … Continue reading →

  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 →

Turn on your television, log onto Facebook, or open a newspaper and you will be hard pressed to finish your morning routine without hearing or seeing a news story on immigration. This is not a new phenomenon; immigration policies have … Continue reading →