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  Boils, blisters, and bruises cover the southern hemisphere and make it the foreign and scary “Third World”. However, is this true or is this map trying to project certain ideals and interests on its audience? The Atlas of World … Continue reading →

A global revolution started inside a dorm room in April 2004. Shocking, right? These days maybe not, but in 2004 nobody would’ve predicted how broadly the social media site Facebook would cover the world given its humble beginnings. Even Mark … Continue reading →

http://www.businessinsider.com/22-gorgeous-maps-that-define-the-united-states-of-america-2013-7 This link brings you to the “22 Maps that Define the US,” where it shows different maps about the US.

http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm The Worldatlas is a website that has many different atlas’ of the world. On the website you are able to click on each of the continents and it brings you to a new page where there are different interesting facts … Continue reading →

  When studying the history of humans, science often points to Africa as the starting point of humankind. Scientists and anthropologists have collected evidence such as fossil records, and radio carbon dating. The history of humankind is important when studying … Continue reading →

http://130.166.124.2/USpage1.html?PHPSESSID=46825bef8c347cc1ba305b1b7d6a8910 This atlas, The Digital Atlas of the United States, provides interesting depictions of United States’ data such as population focal points, race distribution and income distribution. This information sounds bland, and one might think, “oh great, more maps telling … Continue reading →

The outrageous balloon-shaped countries on this map serve a purpose other than comic relief from a stressful day. In a remarkably straightforward tone, physics professor Mark Newman briefly defines how cartography presents social and economic aspects of the world, and … Continue reading →

This variety of maps will make you look and think twice about what you are actually viewing! They are all maps of the world and extremely telling of things many people would not usually think of.  I would recommend this … Continue reading →

Atlas of the Human Body by Takeo Takahashi For the atlas of the week, I found this unusual atlas intriguing.  This atlas of the human body is structured just like any world atlas. It gives thorough explanations of the major … Continue reading →

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/08/12/40-maps-that-explain-the-world/ Wow. The Washington Post has stepped up and produced a post with the top 40 maps that explain our world. These maps transcend ordinary mapping, and map interesting things that we may think of everyday, but do dont have … Continue reading →