Stray Ohio
Years ago I purchased a couple copies of The War Atlas for Americans. It is full of interesting wartime maps, including many orthographic views (not surprising that Richard Edes Harrison…
Details on The President’s Globe
There have been several good articles written about "The President's Globe" made during WWII for President Roosevelt, including Arthur Robinson's 1997 article in Imago Mundi, Ryan Moore's blog post, and…
Isaiah Bowman and Comparative Area
I discussed Isaiah Bowman in my article Thinking in Space, especially in the earlier, longer version. Bowman's book, The New World: Problems of Political Geography, was first published 100 years…
Rhode Rage– Unusual Maps of Rhode Island
This is an unusual depiction of the Ocean State is this use of its distinct outline as a comparative area symbol on a map of the British Isles (map from…