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“National Atlas of the United States of America: Exports and Imports” map of 1970 comes from the National Atlas of the United States of America, which was developed by The U.S. Geological Survey. The National Atlas of the United States … Continue reading →

Home The atlas of the week is a very interactive and informative atlas about global carbon uses.  It allows the user to get an interactive look at the carbon fluxes resulting from human activities and natural processes. The Global Carbon Atlas has … Continue reading →

          From the late 1500s onward, the British Empire became one of the most dominating and powerful empires in world history. It stretched from the British Isles to Australia, and the Americas to India. Certain statistics even show that throughout the … Continue reading →

  The first highway act was envisioned by Roosevelt. The project could not begin due to WW2 and all resources were focused towards the war. The Federal Aid Highway Act actually passed in 1938 but only 6500 out of 40,000 … Continue reading →

The map above was made in 1956 during the height of the Cold War. It was published in a Congressional Report, meaning that the audience was the people who were in charge of the country. The map uses language and … Continue reading →

http://www.rare-maps.com/details.cfm;jsessionid=84309229957bc339349f2a5c6f273e666e10?type=maps&rid=850023 Published between 1891 and 1895, his atlas comes from “The Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies”. This atlas has a large amount of information regarding the Civil War. The maps present in the … Continue reading →

The Cassini Projection: How Should Earth Be Portrayed?             The map shown above detaches itself from traditional cartography. To the average person, this map looks strange. It’s looks different and feels unnatural, contrasting greatly from a conventional map. The map … Continue reading →