mastodon 4.7.3Map historian and geographer. Mostly thoughts and news re map history. #maps #maphistory
Osher Professor in history of cartography, University of Southern Maine. Director, History of Cartography Project, University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Blogs at mappingasprocess.net
Occasional pretty images, sci-fi nerdery, and things I find funny (if former social media is anything to go by)
Here’s the #map #maps #cartography piece from CBS Sunday Morning, that aired this morning. Enjoy!!
(More of me than anyone wants to see!)
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/understanding-the-world-through-old-maps/
And here’s a fun map from the year I was born…
If any #maps people are paying attention, and have access to CBS TV, 10:20am Eastern Time -- this morning 17 July -- there'll be a segment on the Osher Map Library at University of Southern Maine !!!! I'm on a train and so won't be able to see myself live, as it were, but you all can! #cartography #maphistory
@mappery@mastodon.space In a restaurant in South Boston, but not updated to show where their current oysters were harvested … I know they had some from Danariscotta ME