The Turquoise Trail, New Mexico Situated in central New Mexico, beginning in Tijeras and the Cibola National Forest and ending in the San Marcos/Lone Butte Area, the Turquoise Trail is a scenic and historic area which covers roughly 15,000 square miles, and connects Albuquerque and Santa Fe. The name is derived from the blue-green turquoise […]
This map was originally taken from a Rand McNally Atlas c. 1879. It illustrates 19th Century New Mexican wagon roads, counties, military outposts, Native American reserves, volcanic fields, stage routes, and emigrant trails. All sizes are approximate.
This map of the Scuba Dives of Cozumel is a wonderful tribute to the most beautiful diving in the world! Known to scuba divers everywhere, Cozumel is unquestionably the top destination. Show your support by giving this amazing map to the scuba diver in your life or commemorate this wonderful place in your own home! […]
In a land where dinosaurs roamed centuries ago, remains the fantastic relics of their existence, along with a rich cultural history, preserved in the petroglyphs and pictographs left behind by Native American tribes that were inhabitants in the region of northwest Colorado and northeast Utah. This land of dinosaurs is where the Dinosaur National Monument […]
The mapping of Ireland during the 16th and 17th centuries reflected a period of political and religious shifts that shaped the territory. However, it also showed the cartographic advancements of the time, evident in increased accuracy and precise geographical information. This collection of Ireland maps feature the works of cartographers including, Map of Ulster Province, […]
Yellowstone National Park Hiking Trails Custom Map by Lisa Middleton Largely situated in Wyoming and extending into Idaho and Montana, the Yellowstone National Park is a natural, scientific, and scenic unspoiled beauty. In 1872, it became the first national park in the United States covering an area of more than 3, 400 […]
A Chart of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland is the shortened name of a portolan chart that goes by a couple of other names, including “Sea-atlas, Containing an Hydrographical Description of the Sea-coasts of Most of the Known Parts of the World.” It was published in 1700 in London by John Thornton, who was a […]
Florida’s Space Coast Situated approximately 35 miles east of Orlando and with over 75 miles of beach along Florida’s Atlantic Coast, which stretches from Canaveral National Seashore south to Vero Beach, Florida’s Space Coast is sometimes characterized as a multigenerational destination, with incredible diversity from North to South. This diversity is evident through Space […]
This Abraham Ortelius map, Hiberniae, Britannicae Insvlae Nova Descripto, is an early map of Ireland published in 1598. It was first published in 1573 and is compiled from Gerardus Mercator’s 1564 map depicting the British Isles, which greatly improved the accuracy and outdoing his previous representations. The map was part of Ortelius’s landmark 1598 atlas. Do you know […]
Ortelius Improved, or a New Map of Ireland: Wherin are Inserted the Principal Families of Irish and English Extraction, Who Possess’d that Kingdon on the Commencement of the Seventeenth Century is the 1795 historic work of Abraham Ortelius, who was a dominant 16th-century cartographer of Flemish descent. He is best known, perhaps, for his remarkable […]
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