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Fun with flags
A compilation of natural landscapes that represent the flags of different countries and regions.
Oct 23
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Miguel García Álvarez
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Islarios: collections of islands
A journey through some of the first islarios, published between the 15th and 16th centuries.
Oct 16
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Miguel García Álvarez
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A world in perspective
The history of the first bird’s-eye view maps of cities, Saul Steinberg’s map and its importance in satirical cartography.
Oct 12
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Miguel García Álvarez
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The true size of countries
Jul 19
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Christopher Columbus and the problem of longitude
Oct 5
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Miguel García Álvarez
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Exploring the ocean floor
Aug 29
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Miguel García Álvarez
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The casualty count of the Battle of the Somme
Jan 26
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Miguel García Álvarez
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The United States of Europe: a peculiar history of European federalism
Feb 27
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Miguel García Álvarez
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The “correct” map
Aug 24
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Miguel García Álvarez
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Christopher Columbus and the problem of longitude
The story of one of the greatest problems in navigation and cartography for centuries, and how it was solved.
Oct 5
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Miguel García Álvarez
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The 315 borders of the world
On the idea of borders throughout history, and a compilation of some unique borders in the world.
Sep 28
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Miguel García Álvarez
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Tourist maps of Spain, by Jacques Liozu (1953)
A collection of tourist maps of Spain from the mid-20th century, decades before the tourism boom.
Sep 21
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Miguel García Álvarez
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Here be dragons, beyond the known world
Maps tell us about places that exist, but every so often they also give free rein to imagination and fantasy, bringing us stories of monsters, lions…
Sep 12
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Miguel García Álvarez
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Atlantropa, a plan to connect Europe and Africa
Herman Sörgel's grand project to drain part of the Mediterranean and flood part of the Sahara to “unite” Europe and Africa.
Sep 6
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Miguel García Álvarez
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Exploring the ocean floor
How humans discovered the ocean floor, surveyed it and managed to represent it on wonderful maps.
Aug 29
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Miguel García Álvarez
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The “correct” map
The Mercator map creates distortions. Just like the Peters map and any map with any projection on a plane. This is the story of the correct map, the map…
Aug 24
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Miguel García Álvarez
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A Cartographer's Tale
A journey through maps, history, and the modern world
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