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Travel Tuesday Map Series: Hiking trails of Hixon Forest LaCrosse WI

17 Dec
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Hixon Forest On the east side of the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin nestles the Hixon Forest, which consists of over 800 acres of bluff-land overlooking the Mississippi River Valley in the heart of the Driftless Region. The large forest preserve is believed to have it roots in Grandad Bluff, the nucleus of the forest […]

Discovery Map Series: Allatoona Lake Map, Georgia

15 Dec
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Bring a fresh Vintage style Allatoona Lake Art Map of into your home this season to help friends and family understand your neck of the woods! The Allatoona Lake region supports a diverse flora and fauna. Aquatic plants include alligatorweed, coon’s tail, waterweed, while common species of trees comprises bald cypress, water tupelo, red maple, […]

Old Map Studies: Piri Reis, A Problem Among Antarctica Antique Maps!

31 Jan
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Here’s one to throw around during your next cocktail party. The year was 1929, and the date was October 9th. German theologian Gustav Deissmann was rummaging through maps and books housed in the Topkapi Palace library, located in Istanbul, Turkey. While doing so, he discovered one of the most curious antique maps ever made. It […]

Here Be Dragons?

06 Jan
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Let’s talk about dragons for a moment. Take a look at any antique map from the 15th or 16th century, then walk forward through time to present day. You can literally see the world take shape, through cartography, as new explorations and discoveries were made. Along with those findings were close encounters of fantastical, never-before-seen […]