The story of the exploration and birth of America is told afresh through the unique prism of hand-colored maps and engravings of the period. Before photography

“A compelling read” that reveals how maps became informational tools charting everything from epidemics to slavery (Journal of American History). In the nin

For many, a map is nothing more than a tool used to determine the location or distribution of something—a country, a city, or a natural resource. But maps rev

Once a thriving metropolis on the banks of the Mississippi, St. Louis, Missouri, is now a ghostly landscape of vacant houses, boarded-up storefronts, and abando

Throughout its history, America has been defined through maps. Whether made for military strategy or urban reform, to encourage settlement or to investigate dis