Our maps have long been known for their distinctive typefaces, but few outside the Society know of the history that lies behind them. ByJuan José Valdés Until the early 1930s, most of our maps ...
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3 Controversial Maps From History
Humans have been making maps for as long as they’ve been exploring the Earth. Some of their cartographic maps went on to ...
His sleuthing takes us inside rare-book rooms, map dealers’ offices, auction houses, cartographic studios, even to the launch of a satellite that will map the world from space. At the epicenter ...
Maps can inspire real or fantastic travel plans ... Learn more about the history of the National Geographic cartographic department.