Vintage road maps are more than just navigational tools; they are cultural artifacts that reflect the history and evolution ...

BOSTON – When some of the first maps were printed in the late 15th century, they were simple diagrams of three continents and one giant ocean. Over the next several centuries, more continents were ...

<br>In 150 AD, the Greek scholar Claudius Ptolemy wrote a textbook entitled the <i>Geography, </i>which earned him the title ‘The Father of Geography’. Drawing on nearly a thousand years of classical ...

“Reading maps was always an adventure,” says Marcus Curtis, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) specialist with Tallahassee-Leon County. “When my family would go on vacation, I would look at the ...

Many locals have never laid eyes on the historic maps of North Carolina stored at the Register of Deeds office, some of which date back to the 1800s. According to Charles Gilliam, "These maps have ...

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