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Cardinal Borgia’s Unusual Map of the World

https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2024/10/cardinal-borgias-unusual-map-of-the-world/

Published: October 3, 2024 16:00

The Borgia world map is described in this post. The map was made during the 15th century by an unknown cartographer. In 1794, the map was purchased at an antique store in Portugal by Cardinal Stefano Borgia.

Unearthing the 20th Century’s Ground-Breaking Soil Surveys

https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2024/09/unearthing-the-20th-centurys-ground-breaking-soil-surveys/

Published: September 27, 2024 17:39

Explore the fertile history of America's soil survey maps, which evolved alongside soil science over the course of the 20th century.

Made in America: U.S. Manufacturing in Gilded Age Census Maps

https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2024/09/made-in-america-maps/

Published: September 20, 2024 12:43

I recently heard a factoid in passing that fascinated me and sparked further investigation: after having been decidedly middle of the pack immediately post-Civil War, the United States’ share of total world manufacturing output became the highest in the…

Mapping in the Islamic Tradition—Fall Presentation

https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2024/09/mapping-in-the-islamic-tradition/

Published: September 13, 2024 18:17

The Geography and Map Division and Philip Lee Phillips Map Society are hosting an in-person and virtual 2024 Fall Presentation on Islamic mapping.

“The Grand Facts of Stratigraphy”: Ives’s Strata Map

https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2024/09/the-grand-facts-of-stratigraphy-ivess-strata-map/

Published: September 6, 2024 12:59

This post explores a unique geologic map. Ives's strata map, made up of 10 plates representing different geologic periods, was designed as a tool for instruction in schools and colleges in the late 19th century.

Have Crown, Will Travel: The Circumnavigation of King Kalākaua

https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2024/08/have-crown-will-travel-the-circumnavigation-of-king-kalakaua/

Published: August 30, 2024 12:00

This post walks you through the 285-day trip of Hawaii King Kalākaua as the first monarch to circumnavigate the globe in 1881, showing many of the routes and places he traveled or visited through maps and images at or near the time period.

Introducing the Library of Congress Geospatial Applications Hub!

https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2024/08/introducing-the-library-of-congress-geospatial-applications-hub/

Published: August 22, 2024 18:08

Explore the Library of Congress Geospatial Applications Hub, a new gateway to our online StoryMaps, web maps, and more!

A Work of Art: Ingeborg Brun’s Manuscript Globe”

https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2024/08/a-work-of-art-ingeborg-bruns-manuscript-globe/

Published: August 14, 2024 15:32

This post describes a manuscript globe of Mars that was created during the early 20th century by the self-taught Danish astronomer Emmy Ingeborg Brun.

The History of a Rock Arsenal Globe

https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2024/08/the-history-of-a-rock-arsenal-globe/

Published: August 9, 2024 20:15

This post explores the history of a large spherical globe with only latitude and longitude lines in the collections of the Geography & Map Division.

Urban Planning Legends: City Design Makeovers before the Olympics

https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2024/07/urban-planning-legends/

Published: July 31, 2024 18:06

Excitement about the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics is sweeping our own nation’s capital, as it is in so many places around the world. Here at the Library of Congress, we’re certainly marking the occasion. The Informal Learning Office (ILO) recently hosted an…

Reflections on the West African Collections

https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2024/07/west-african-collections/

Published: July 25, 2024 13:37

Miller Jaquet, Junior Fellow in the Geography and Map Division, explores the cartography of West Africa and what maps reveal about power, politics, and how we got HERE.