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This is the first map in my collection that isn't from the 1890s. This map is from 1972, around the time of the second bike boom in the United States. I am on a quest for more bike maps from this time period.

This large-scale topographic map covers the region between Knoxville, TN and Asheville, NC. As an official U.S.G.S., the map makes claims to objectively representing the landscape through topography. The consistency of representation across such a…

A map drawn by the U.S. Coast Survey in 1907 showing San Francisco bay and the surrounding area. The map displays sounding depths for the bay area, topographic features, the city grid of San Francisco and surrounding settlements, and features…

This is a detailed survey map of the west half of Palestine. It represents the composite of 26 survey sheets. This map was useful to the British in their invasion of Palestine in WWI. It includes place names as well as pink shading for more densely…

Building off his previous previous work, Woodbridge again depicts isothermal conditions. Here, he updates the way the planting information is displayed (in boxes, with horizontal text). Overall, Woodbridge notes that the figures on the chart indicate…

This weather map is published by the US Department of Agriculture. Observations were taken from 8am to 8pm where barometers reduced to Sea Level and 32degrees Fahrenheit. The heavy dotted lines inclose ares of marked changes in temperature during the…

This map shows what is referred to as the first scientific study of a tornado’s path and the first conclusive proof that tornadoes are an inward, upward, and onward moving column of air. In his article, Chappelsmith notes that people living five…

Map showing colored areas of climate conditions on a particular day. The colored areas correspond to precipitation conditions, , i.e. snow, clear, rain, clouds, fog. Different lines depict areas of equal pressure (dashed) and areas of equal thermal…

This map shows the spread of Strontium-90 contamination in the area surrounding Minsk, in Belarus, in December 1990. It is one of a set of four Soviet-produced maps showing strontium contamination from the same point in time. They were produced by…