- Oct 1, 2021
- Rachel Sharer
A Refuge from the Roar: Yosemite National Park
Examining the history and future of America's third national park on the anniversary of its founding
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- Sep 19, 2021
- Michelle LeBlanc
“X” Marks the Spot: Searching for Pirate Treasure on Cape Cod
For international “Talk like a Pirate Day,” we use maps in our collection to examine the story of Captain Southack and his mandate to recover the wreck of the pirate ship Whydah off the coast of Cape Cod in 1717.
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- 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.
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- 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
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- Jul 8, 2021
- Rachel Mead
Mapping July through history
Let's take a closer look at some July maps from years past
Read more- Jun 29, 2021
- Rachel Mead
The geography of an incomplete freedom
July 4th is a day we celebrate "freedom" in the US. Whose freedom are we celebrating? How has that changed over more than two centuries?
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- Jun 23, 2021
- Rachel Mead
Pride Month at LMEC
Taking a look at the rainbows of our collection
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- Jun 10, 2021
- Rachel Mead
June Maps to Beat the Heat
Let's cool down with some maps from Junes of the past from our collections
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- Jun 2, 2021
- Rachel Mead
Map Monsters, Ahoy
Featuring a few of the creatures from the depths of our collections
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