Maps That Changed The World
The Library of Congress has thousands of footing maps inward its collection. If yous browse the collection inward chronological gild yous tin explore the history of cartography and, at the same time, hit an insight into how the footing has been perceived throughout history. The Library of Congress' World Maps is a small-scale presentation of simply about of the library's most of import footing maps.
I'd similar to accept all the credit for selecting the footing maps inward this brusk presentation. But I can't. These maps all come upwardly from a storey map created yesteryear the Library of Congress itself. Maps That Changed Our World is an interesting interactive tour of simply about of the most of import maps owned yesteryear the Library of Congress. Starting amongst the footing atlas from Ptolemy's Geography published inward 150 AD this storey map takes a chronological tour of footing maps through history.
The footing maps chosen for this storey map each stand upwardly for an interesting shift inward how the footing was visualized. The maps outset amongst Ptolomy's Geography in addition to progress through of import maps from the Middle Ages, the 17th in addition to 18th centuries, in addition to correct upwardly to our modern digital maps.
The Library of Congress' storey map includes information close each of the maps which helps to house them inside their historical context. However all the featured maps presented inward Maps That Changed Our World are presented equally withal images. This is why I pose together my ain brusk presentation of the Library of Congress' World Maps. My map presentation allows yous to explore all but 1 of the maps equally interactive maps. So yous tin explore the maps inward item inward my presentation in addition to larn to a greater extent than close their creation using the library's storey map.
The entirely map missing inward my presentation is the footing atlas from Ptolemy's Geography. This is because I couldn't uncovering the private iiif manifest for the map on the Library of Congress website.