• Jan 1, 0001

Atlascope

Discover real estate and fire insurance maps of Boston and surrounding towns with detail down to the level of buildings and owner names

• Jan 1, 0001

Georeferencing

Transform images of historic maps into layers that match onto modern web maps

• Mar 16, 2022
• Mirela Altic

Rediscovering a Map of the Amazon

A 1755 map created by a German Jesuit missionary for the Portuguese Empire casts new light on early European efforts to map the Amazon River valley

• Feb 25, 2022
• Megan Nally

A focus on Black geographies and cartographies

To recognize Black History Month and acknowledge our commitment to share Black histories year round, we’ve collected a set of materials that reflect on Black historical figures, geographies, and cartographies, as an inspiration for further consideration and research.

• Jan 13, 2022
• Rachel Sharer

Exploring National Geographic Maps

In honor of the January 1888 birthday of the National Geographic Society, we explore the history of its founding and some of the National Geographic maps in our collection.

• Nov 16, 2021
• Richard Pegg

A Chinese Maritime Map of the Sea and Stars

A video tour through an intriguing "pie chart" maritime diagram for a ship in the South China Sea

• Sep 20, 2021

Behind Bending Lines: More Maps of the Chamizal Dispute

• Aug 16, 2021
• Rachel Sharer

The Great Klondike Gold Rush

Although it only lasted three years, the Klondike gold rush had profound and lasting effects on land, economic development, and native communities. 

• Jul 30, 2021
• Richard Pegg

Zhuang Tingfu: Cartographic Encounters and Echoes

In the late eighteenth century, an encounter between European and Chinese cartography left clues about the diffusion of geographic knowledge

• May 18, 2021
• Garrett Dash Nelson

Roll the tape with Moviemaps

Our new video interactive takes you on a tour of historic objects that you can control yourself