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Map Mondays

Map Mondays

Today’s map is brought to us by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Collection at the Boston Public Library. I’m very excited that next month I will be getting a special tour of the facilities and up close with some of the gems that they have in their collection. It is amazing to look at maps like the one below and realize that in the 15th century, they had a better understanding of the geography of the world than some 9th…

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Map Mondays

Map Mondays

I adore historic maps. I have 5 on my walls downstairs, mostly from the 1800s. When I go to London in the summer, I will be keeping my eyes open for more… However, here in Boston we have a great resource for people who love to drool over maps:   This collection is simply amazing and many of the maps are digitized and available for printing or purchasing. Seeing as how this past Thursday was the 245th anniversary of the…

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