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This layer shows all the information on the map related to the native peoples of the lands shown. It includes the illustrations of natives from Louisiana and Kamchatka that decorate the top of the map as well as all labels related to where different…

National and regional (oblast') borders, as well as borders lower-level divisions (okrugi, Ukrainian okruhy) are marked with colored lines offset by complimentary shading.

This map, produced after the first World War, makes a powerful argument in contemporary debates over Ukrainian statehood. Rudnytsky was a geographer and professor with deep roots in the Ukrainian national movement. He received much of his education…

I think a remarkable characteristic of this map is the fact that it contains certain elements that are portrayed in perspective (i.e. not 'flat', like the rest of the map). There seems to be a 'sample' of an Indian village on the far left side of the…

At first, the mountains appear to be a relatively unimportant feature of the map, and it is true that they occupy relatively little physical space on the page. The mountains that are represented are done so in a way that connects them in continuous…

Important monuments such as Notre Dame and the Louvre are identified by large engraved depictions, which contrast with the two-dimensional design of the map. While these pictures seem to be scaled to fit roughly in the area on the map the building…