New York City has always attracted mapmakers. Its instantly recognizable street grid, intensely diverse populace, and iconic, ever-changing skyline have provided endless inspiration for cartographers ...

The colorful graphic arts of the 1930s decorated the whimsical pictorial maps that became popular during that decade, and especially in those that encouraged tourists to visit Los Angeles. Here’s a ...

You never know what treasures might be hiding in your attic, but if you’ve got a few vintage maps stashed in there, you may have struck gold. From early maps of America to ultra-rare railroad and ...

Jo Mora may not have been the first artist to put Carmel and the Monterey Peninsula on the map, but an exhibition of his pictorial maps of the region and other Western attractions provides ample ...

It started with a click. I was searching for a birthday present for my mother — born in 1937, raised on a tobacco farm, rode a mule to school — when I stumbled across a bright, bustling map of ...

Viewing aerial imagery today is as easy as reaching into your pocket and opening your phone, but how did we get to this amazing technology? Beginning in the early 1800s, cartographers began production ...

The question of finding the quickest way to someone’s heart is one that has been asked time and time again for hundreds of years. So it should come as no surprise that at various points in history, ...

Andy Hahn doesn’t need a map to find his way back to his hometown for a book signing. He just has to make sure he has an ample supply of his new coffee table book: “Mapping St. Louis.” The book ...

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