Just Maps

Roots of Division

The 1888 map that foretold today’s political rift

Jul 30 •

Vacation in the Third Reich

How Nazi Germany Used Tourism to Mask Its War Plans and Atrocities

Jun 24 •

A Dog's Idea of the Ideal Country Estate

The Canine Cartography of John Held Jr

Apr 2 •

The Imperialists' Guide to Africa

British tips for carving up a continent

Mar 20 •

Manga, Satire, and Propaganda

Mapping Japan's Worldview in 1932

Mar 5 •

The Snake That Strangled the South

How a Ridiculed Strategy Turned the Tide of the Civil War

Feb 14 •

Tracing a Tragedy

Greed, Guns, and the Great Bison Slaughter

Jan 31 •

See America by Luxurious Bus (1932)

"Like riding in a $10,000 limousine"

Jan 17 •

Geography of Love

Heart "maps" contrast gender norms in two eras

Jan 10 •

The Grim Math of War (1944)

Nazi psychological warfare taunted the Allies with skulls and snails

Dec 4, 2023 •

The Map that Bragged on Texas

Richest people, swiftest justice, prettiest gals …

Nov 28, 2023 •

The Isle of Pleasure (1931)

The Prohibition-Era Map That Celebrated Drinking

Sep 19, 2023 •

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