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This 1916 map is an intriguing window for those interested in Nizhni Novgorod regarding how the town and fair were spatially oriented. Note the Volga and Oka Rivers.

This is a map created by Captain Theodor Seuss Geisel of the U.S. Army Special Service Division for all personal in the Army Orientation Course to show the areas in the world that suffer from high levels of malaria. It depicts intensity levels from…

Set thirty four years after Peter the Great's capture of the Swedish fortress and only twenty five years after becoming the capital of Imperial Russia, this 1737 map outlines the foundations of what will become the cosmopolitan jewel of what is the…

This map from just before the sale of Alaska by the Russian Empire to the United States of America gives a clear image of the North American territory held by Russia. The fact that this map was created by the Russian-American Company indicates the…

This is a map of the Trans-Siberian Railroad published in January 1914 by Edward Stanford in London. I am writing about the Trans-Siberian Railroad in Russia, and how it contributed to the spread of cholera during the epidemic of 1892. The…

The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, or SDUK, published a series of nation, region, and city maps for an affordable educational alternative for English readers. W.B. Clarke's 1834 map of Saint Petersburg is one of 51 cities produced in…

In order to avoid the costs and difficulties of laying a telegraph line across the vast Pacific Ocean, Perry McDonough Collins suggested constructing this overland telegraph line, traversing the Bering Strait. Though this line was never completed,…

This map is significant for its rendering of topographic information that allows the viewer to understand the city of Sevastopol in its geographic context. It informs you of the scale of the cliffs and the walled nature of the bays with artistic…

This core map is significant to my geographical feature of Nizhni-Novgorod because it is an excellent example of lithography, the reference grid navigation system, and has a detailed list of features within the city/fair while showing its strategic…