odyssey - Maps + timelines
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When did humans first inhabit different parts of the world?
Haywood, J.: The New Atlas of World History: Global Events at a Glance.
La guerre globale enseigne la cartogaphie globale « Histoire Globale
Disons le d’emblée, l’objet de l’étude du jour a un statut un peu particulier car il servira désormais de logo à cette « histoire globale par les sources » entamée depuis le mois de septembre dernier. Il s’agit d’une carte, ou plus exactement d’un ensemble de cartes assemblées en un globe, un globe plat et dépliable : un fold-O-globe .
“Inspired by Pieter Bruegel’s Netherlandish Proverbs , this illustration depicts 101 weapons of exclusion and inclusion operating in an imaginary urban landscape. Interboro Partners created this mural with illustrator Lesser Gonzalez for the forthcoming book The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion .” From http://www.interboropartners.net/2012/the-u-s-of-them/
random notes: geographer-at-large
Detail of India from “The Illustration of The Great European War No.16 -- A humorous Atlas of the World,” by Tanaka, published in Japan, 1914. A rare satirical / political map f rom the Asian Perspective.
geographer-at-large: Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic Satirical Maps:#1
geographer-at-large: Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic Satirical Maps:#2
Detail of China from “The Illustration of The Great European War No.16 -- A humorous Atlas of the World,” by Tanaka, published in Japan, 1914. A rare satirical / political map f rom the Asian Perspective.
geographer-at-large: Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic Satirical Maps:#3
Australian Big Business Octopus, 2010
geographer-at-large: Rediscovering African Geographies
The Catalan Atlas , 1375, by Abraham Cresques – detail showing Northern Africa, with a depiction of The King of Mali and Lord of Guinea, Mansa Musa, 1312-1337, seated on his throne in a stately fashion with crown, orb, and scepter, with the inscription: The richest and noblest King in the world. “This ‘atlas’ was the work of a family of Catalonian Jews who worked in Majorca at the end of the 14th century and was commissioned by Charles V of France at a time when the reputation of the Catalan chartmakers was at its peak. King Charles requested this map from Peter of Aragon, patron of the best Majorcan mapmaker of the time: Abraham Cresques.
geographer-at-large: Unconventional (yet informative!) Maps of the Big Apple
Here are some cool maps on New York City (and yes, I am aware that for the most part, this means Manhattan below 96 th Street!
TimeMaps - World History TimeMap
The TimeMap of World History is an all inclusive look at world history.
A provocative series of maps from Esquire's politics blog depicts the countries of the world according to a couple of controversial policies:
The Map Scroll
16 animated historical maps Antiquity – The Greek world - Mycenaeans - colonization – the Hellenistic kingdoms – a city-state: Athens – Athenian democracy - the Pan-Hellenic sanctuaries – Alexandria, a Hellenistic city – the Greco-Persian wars - Marathon - Salamina – The Peloponnesian war – the Athenian Empire – the conquests of Alexander the Great Age of Discovery, New World, Magellan's voyage, Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Bartolomeu Dias, Amerigo Vespucci, Treaty of Tordesillas, Trade in the Indian Ocean in the 15th century, Ibn Battuta, Zheng He, Cape Bojador 21 animated historic maps History of the United States - Treaty of Paris in 1763 - Treaty of Paris in 1783 - War of Independence - Declaration of Independence - the 13 colonies - Lewis and Clark expedition Admission of New States and the Slavery Issue - The Indian Removal Programme - Manifest Destiny - Immigration and the ‘Melting Pot’ - Reconstruction and the End of the “Frontier” 21 animated historical maps