A Cartographer's Tale

A Cartographer's Tale

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How the prehistoric coastline influences US elections
From geological times and throughout part of US history, we explore how it still influences elections in the South today.
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Holidays and the Olympics in Nazi Germany
A journey through the whitewashing of Nazi Germany, promoting tourism and organising the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
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Three maps to understand the Internet
The Internet came to revolutionise our lives, and these three maps show how it has managed to connect us all.
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The true size of countries
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The casualty count of the Battle of the Somme
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The United States of Europe: a peculiar history of European federalism
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The blackout: chickpeas, uncertainty and misinformation
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Lost waters: prehistoric lakes
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Cartographic projections: deforming the Earth to represent it
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The discovery and conquest of Antarctica
The south was unknown for centuries. Many cartographers imagined it, and many explorers tried to prove its existence… until Antarctica appeared.
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The true size of countries
Cartographic projections distort countries, which can lead us to believe that some countries are larger or smaller than others. Sometimes, this is not…
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Kadesh: history is written by the victors
A journey through one of the best-documented battles of antiquity. With special attention to historiography and how this battle is one of the best…
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Cartographic projections: deforming the Earth to represent it
The history of a compromise that was created to resolve an unsolvable geometry problem. The virtues and shortcomings of some of the most iconic map…
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A history of relations between Iran and the West
From the Great Game to coups. How the ambitions of the West and Russia repeatedly put Iran's sovereignty in check.
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The Kingdom of Bamum, the best example of indigenous African cartography
A brief history of the Kingdom of Bamum, who had their own alphabet and were the creators of possibly the most iconic map of African cartography.
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The Russian arrival on the Pacific Coast
A brief history of the creation of Russia, its initial expansion and exploration of the Far East until Ivan Moskvitin reached the Pacific Ocean.
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A Cartographer's Tale
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