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FOUND: Kurti
A couple days ago someone visited my website using the word “kurti.” When I was searching for the word’s definition, I checked wikipedia (screen grab below) and then I decided on a whim to check the...
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Map of the Languages of Europe
Following up yesterday’s posting about languages, I am posting this map I found on Wikipedia that shows where different languages are spoken throughout Europe. I find this type of map quite...
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The Millbank Penitentiary, the Tate Britain, and the Panopticon
Detail of Smiths New Map of London (1860)Courtesy of the Library of Congress Geography & Mapping Division The other night I was browsing the antique maps on the in American Memory Collection map...
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Third Party Presidential Ballot Access in the United States of America
This entry has depreciated. Please click here to view the most up to date graphic. The inverted color graph above from Wikipedia shows the states where political parties in America are on the ballot....
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A New & Somewhat Accurate Map of the Tropic of Gemini and the Tropic of...
For the last month I’ve been working on a slightly strange map above. It’s based on Johannes van Loon’s “Scenographia systematis mvndani Ptolemaici” (1660), which includes an “Axis Zodiaci” that shows...
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Third Party Presidential Ballot Access in the United States of America [updated]
At the beginning of September I posted a similar graphic showing the third party presidential ballot access in the United States of America. In the month since, the final deadlines have passed and the...
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Stereocard of the Great Hall in the Vatican Library
William Herman Rau (1855-1920), “Corridoio della Biblioteca Vaticana, Roma”. Stereofotografia. Numero di catalogo: 1999. The other day I was clicking through Wikipedia and I came across this...
View ArticleThe Peters Projection advocated on the West Wing television show
NBC’s The West Wing – Why are we changing maps?? – From season 2 – Episode 16 A fictional group called the “Organization of Cartographers for Social Equality,” pitches President Bartlet’s staff to...
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The Craig Retroazimuthal Projection aka the Mecca Projection
The Craig retroazimuthal map projection was created by James Ireland Craig in 1909. It is a cylindrical projection preserving the direction from any place to another predetermined place, while...
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Before & After Aerial Photographs of Ground Zero in Nagasaki, Japan
I was looking at the Wikipedia entry on Aerial Bombing of Cities and came across the World War Two aerial photograph above. It shows the absolute destruction of the Nagasaki, Japan after the atomic...
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Map of the Indigenous Languages of North America
Map Created by Wikipedia User ish ishwar in 2005, using the GIMP software.Click to view original map. I came across this map of the Indigenous Languages of North America the other night and it...
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[FOUND MAP] The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein, The Younger (1533)
Upside down detail of the terrestrial globe in The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein, The Younger The Ambassadors (1533) is a painting by Hans Holbein the Younger in the National Gallery in London. I...
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Don’t buy these books…
I came across these books on Amazon the other day and thought it was odd that Amazon would even list these books for sale. I believe that someone probably wrote a simple computer program that goes...
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Map of the Ratification of the 23rd Amendment to the United States Constitution
The 23rd Amendment to the United States Constitution allows residents of the District of Columbia to vote for the President, but denies them any representation in Congress. The Twenty-third Amendment...
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