One of the other striking points in Lloyd Brown’s The Story of Maps is how recent mapmaking really is as a science. As I wrote earlier, for most of human history, maps and charts were closely ...

Classified World War II maps utilized by Allied forces during the legendary D-Day invasion are set to be auctioned - after being discovered tucked away in a cardboard box. The remarkable ...

During the Revolutionary War, a good map could mean the difference between victory and defeat, especially for British troops facing guerrilla tactics for the first time. Few maps had been made of ...

Maps of Germany which were created for the RAF as part of a secret operation during World War Two have been revealed publically for the first time. Between 1941 and 1946 more than 3,500 hand drawn ...

The Bureau attributes these changes to an increase in geographic mobility, especially during the period right after WW2 from 1940-1950, as the government provided millions of dollars in GI Bill ...