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 […]
Did you know that the “-ster” suffix comes from the Irish word “Stair” meaning province. Ulster is one of the four traditional provinces of Ireland. This ancient Irish province comprises nine counties, three of which make up the Republic of Ireland (Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal), and the other are in Northern Ireland (Antrim, Down, Armagh, Derry, […]
Some call it Irlandiæ accvrata descriptio and others say Irlandiæ accurata descriptio, but the map Baptista Boazio’s Irlandiæ c. 1606 = Irlandiæ accvrata descriptio is a magnificent work of art, science, and geographical knowledge combined. It was published in 1606 in Antwerp by Abraham Ortelius. This fine map of Ireland was produced by the reputed Italian cartographer Giovanni Baptista […]
This island can be described as an environmentally sensitive area (ESA), needing special protection; on the Atlantic portion of the Island are the fragile coastal dunes, wildlife breeding grounds and waters suitable for recreation and the management of fish and wildlife. The island has extensive mangrove areas, aquatic preserves, marine grass beds and shellfish waters. […]
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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 […]
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