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“Average Dates of Last Killing Frost in Spring,” William Reed Gardner, Charles Franklin Brooks, and F.J. Marschner (1916). “Average Dates

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March 25, 2016 Alex

Map of River Thames showing comparative range of naval guns firing upon London (Illustrated London News, 24 July 1909)

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March 21, 2016 Alex

The World according to Eratosthenes (BC 220)

Eratosthenes is the ancient Greek geographer and mathematician associated with eventing the first system of Longitude and Latitude. He was also the first know scientist to determine the circumference of our planet. It is a facsimile of the world map (around 220 BC) that Eratosthenes created based on his estimations.

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March 17, 2016 Alex

Historical Maps of the United States and North America

The exploration of North America by non-indigenous people passed over centuries and consisted of many people and voyages from different foreign countries to map this continent.

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March 14, 2016 Alex

Geological Map of England and Wales (1896)

The map was published under the direction of Sir Archibald Geikie.

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March 8, 2016 Alex

Map featuring countries of the Far East (1932)

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February 26, 2016 Alex

Atlas of satirical maps of Europe

was the location of powerful states that frequently competed with each other. They took part in bloody wars and weaved diplomatic intrigues behind the scenes. In this confrontation, satire was not only an art form but also a dangerous weapon, the purpose of which was to convey to its population and the population of other countries who’s who in the political arena.

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February 20, 2016 Alex

Relative sizes of the United States and The European Powers (1920)

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February 19, 2016 Alex

A Swiss ethnographic map (1918)

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February 15, 2016 Alex

U.S. African American population, percent increase by county

Related posts: – U.S. population, percent increase by county – U.S. Hispanic population, percent increase by county – U.S. White

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December 20, 2015 Alex

Partition of Germany

The situation in Germany after the Second World War was disastrous. Millions of Germans were homeless from Allied bombing operations that demolished entire cities. And millions more Germans living in Poland and East Prussia became exiles when the USSR exiled them. With the German economy and governance in shambles, the Allies decided that Germany must be occupied after the war to guarantee a peaceful transformation to a post-Nazi state.