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The datum.
Stockholm, Sweden

Normalhöjdpunkten

Hidden in plain sight, Sweden's official ordnance datum is now abandoned.
The gang's all here.
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For Sale: A 16th-Century Map of Iceland, Roamed by Fantastic Beasts

Meet the menagerie.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 10, 2018
The Genbaku Dome in Hiroshima.
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A New Mobile App Allows Tourists to Explore the Effects of Atomic War in Hiroshima

Some say it tells an incomplete story.
Anna Kusmer December 6, 2018
Constellations were printed on the inside of the snug case.
objects of intrigue

The Tiny Globe That Puts the World and Heavens in Your Palm

Elizabeth Cushee’s elegant 1745 orb was boundary-pushing at the time.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 3, 2018
A glimpse of the Medieval Murder Map.
murder

Take a Virtual Murder Tour of Medieval London

You'll find that churches offer little sanctuary.
Matthew Taub November 28, 2018
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In Its First Decades, The United States Nurtured Schoolgirl Mapmakers

Education for women and emerging nationhood, illustrated with care and charm.
Sarah Laskow November 28, 2018
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England, But New: How John Smith's 1616 Map Helped Define America

The name "New England" was like a colonial real estate ad.
Sarah Laskow November 20, 2018
Dungeon maps are adventures in cartography.
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24 Amazing, Homemade Dungeons & Dragons Maps

Roll for incredible adventure maps. Natural 20.
Eric Grundhauser November 14, 2018
What does your greatest dungeon map look like?
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Show Us Your Greatest Dungeons & Dragons Map

We want to see the topography of your homemade adventures!
Eric Grundhauser November 6, 2018
What could have been, if Central Park had been built as Rink hoped.
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Central Park Could Have Been Filled With Fussy, Fancy Gardens

If John J. Rink had gotten his way, that is.
Jessica Leigh Hester November 5, 2018
Map by Roland Chambers for <em>The Magicians</em>, by Lev Grossman.
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How Writers Map Their Imaginary Worlds

A new book collects fantastic literary geographies.
Sarah Laskow October 22, 2018
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Monastery and Temple Foods Around the World

A Guide to Heavenly Cuisine
Anne Ewbank & Rachel Rummel October 17, 2018
Willard's "introductory" map showed the movements of tribes.
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Maps Have the Power to Shape History

A groundbreaking female cartographer charted the evolution of the United States—and the dispossession of Native Americans.
Sarah Laskow October 15, 2018
An 1829 mountain, river, and waterfall chart by J. Andriveau-Goujon.
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The Fantasy Maps That Put the World's Tallest Mountains Side by Side

In the 19th century, the romance of mountains met the desire to quantify the natural world.
Jessica Leigh Hester October 10, 2018
The town of Tuzantla.
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In Spanish America, Cartographers Hand-Drew Maps Inspired by Printed Ones

These hybrid productions are unique in mapmaking.
Sarah Laskow October 9, 2018
The riparian buffers flanking the Niger River in Timbuktu, Mali, appear in red.
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Striking Satellite Images of Cities on the Brink

A fresh perspective on the fragility and resilience of our world.
Jessica Leigh Hester September 24, 2018
Do you see your favorite constellation?
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Behold, a Massive Knit Map of the Cosmos

Three colors of yarn, seven panels, and all 88 constellations.
Jessica Leigh Hester September 11, 2018
A Jo Mora carte of Carmel-By-The-Sea, made in 1942. Click to zoom.
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The Cowboy Cartographer Who Loved California

Jo Mora poured the state's whole history—and his own life—into his incredibly detailed, whimsical maps.
Cara Giaimo August 30, 2018