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The USGS map of Buck Camp Canyon in Utah.

The USGS map of Buck Camp Canyon in Utah.

There are minimal border lines on this map which poses a stark contrast to the present day Middle East.
The maps borders reflect ottoman divisions of the territory immediately before the activation of the British Mandate. The darkest border…

This map applied both borderlines and color wash to distinguish different regimes. It is remarkable that no color wash was applied on Hamburg. Its territory was only depicted by a red borderline. A possible explanation is that a plain background was…

The majority of ink on this map serves to detail bodies of water. This is stark because of the Palestine's reputation for drought and water shortages. The bodies of water flow from the Jordan River, the Kineret, and the sea and branch out through the…