#antiquemaps #maps #devon #tudor

Janvier's 1780 map of the Americas features the mythical Sea of the West. #Mendicino CA is just below. #maps #antiquemaps

The trials and tribulations of Sanborn map surveyors. #maps #antiquemaps #history

Nicely fills a yawning gap in the #FWW literature. I disagree that it came down to one day. The longer it went on, the less 🇩🇪 could exploit a breakthrough. All new to me except in the broadest outlines. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #histbookchat #Booksky #GreatWar #WW1

Doing #history or #genealogy in #Alberta, #Saskatchewan, or #Manitoba? These 'New Series' #WesternCanada Sectional #Maps are a great resource at 3 miles to the inch. Series runs 1902 - 1955 though most start around 1916. Courtesy SANDS @ U of Calgary. #AntiqueMaps

Rare bomb aimer's #map from the #dambusters raid sold today for £2600! #antiquemaps #WW2 #WWII #RAF #617Squadron #BomberCommand

#Montreal "Star War Map, c. 1918. Map of the #WesternFront surrounded by 41 #CEF regimental insignia with 4 'valour' medals in the corners. 12miles = 1" #Maps #Antiquemaps #WW1 #FWW #LestWeForget #Remembrance #PPCLI

Yesterday in History: Nov. 9, 1989 The #BerlinWall fell. Collapsed? Something about the passive tense makes it all sound like shoddy Soviet construction so we'll go with 'was toppled.' #maps #Antiquemaps #exclave #ColdWar

The reverse of the Westinghouse Pacific map. Turner's maps were largely intended for a Canadian audience and tend to focus more on the #Commonwealth than US #maps. Shown here are Japanese advances into #Indonesia, NE #China, and #Burma. #antiquemaps #WW2 #WWII #remembrance #history

_Westinghouse Strategic Pacific War Map._ by Stanley Turner. Toronto: [Apr] 1942. Latest event in Ceylon, Apr 5 and while Bataan would fall on the 9th, Corregidor held out until May 6. #maps #antiquemaps #WW2 #WWII #remembrance

‪ Rand McNally, March 1939. Europe on the eve of #WW2. Current #borders in colour with pre- #WW1 borders in purple. France occupies the #Rhine; #Bohemia, #Moravia, & #Slovakia in red as part of Greater Germany. Many disputed or recently 'transferred' areas. #antiquemap #maps #remembrance

1927 Mixer's strip map - #Philadelphia to #NiagraFalls Sponsored by the Robert Morris Hotel, it boasts "a #radio in every room." #roadmaps #antiquemaps #maps

Henderson's #Edmonton Directory, 1945. Front cover. #ABHealth #ABpoli

Watching a video about Jupiter's core when the ADHD kicked in and now the OCD won't let go... Assuming we lack any handy magnetite samples is there any indication that #exoplanets undergo geomagnetic reversal? #planetsci

#Maps #antiquemaps #Mexico #NewMexico

#GrahamGreene will live on in our memories as explosives and demolition expert, Edgar Montrose. Greene's sincerity, deadpan delivery, and perfect timing made him one of the great 🇨🇦 comedians. #RIP Quando omni flunkus moritarti

Large folio plate from Hamilton's _Antiquities..._, 3 vol., 1801 - 1806. #greece #antiquities #roman #antiquemaps

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #edmonton

#AB Sectional Series 364, Ft. Assiniboine Sheet. 1917 3 miles = 1" #Whitecourt #Sangudo #maps #antiquemaps

Three sheets from the _History of #Yuba County, #California #yubariver #maps #antiquemaps

Geolocation of a video showing gunfire hitting while hundreds of Palestinians take cover, roughly 860 meters from the SDS2 GHF aid distribution site, Al-Shakoush area, northern Rafah, South #Gaza 31.328756, 34.244719 bsky.app/profile/rk70...

Blood and #Peigan / #Piikani Reservations, SW #AB, on 9 sheets. 1964. 1:63,360 or 1" = 1 mile. #Lethbridge at top right with the US border along the bottom. #FirstNations #maps #antiquemaps

"Have you heard about the fall of the #RomanEmpire ?" #maps #antiquemaps #Ukraine #Turkiye

Meacham's map of #Charlottetown #PEI _Atlas of Prince Edward Island._ 1880 #maps #antiquemaps #maritimes

We have the JHMaps Bougie Van loaded up and we're off to set up for this weekend's show. #antiques #maps #edmonton #sherwoodpark

Wilkinson, _ #Turkey in Europe._ 1814 #maps #antiquemaps #Balkans

My modest collection of #WW2 friendship bracelets given to Canadian soldiers in England and #Netherlands. Top one from BR 3p coins and bottom two from silver Dutch dimes, 1937 - 41. #LiberationDay #Nederland #Scheldt #VEDay 🇨🇦 ❤️ 🇳🇱

Today marks the 80th anniversary of #VEDay. #maps #oldmaps #antiquemaps #WW2 Map by Stanley Turner, June 1944.

When we had that big dump a while ago... #snow #climatology #Physics #weather

Louisburg, following its capture by the British in the Seven Years' War. _London Magazine._, 1758. #capebreton #novascotia #maps #oldmaps #antiquemaps

The Molyneux Globes @ The Middle Temple, London. #oldmaps #antiquemaps

_Olney's School Atlas._ 1829 #oldmaps #antiquemaps #maps #cartography

If you want to find out more about geology and stone in London and Birmingham download my self-guided urban geology walks from my new website ruthsiddall.co.uk/UrbanGeology...

Homesteads for refugees from the horrors of revolutionary republicanism. _Plan of part of the province of Lower Canada..._ 1795/6 ms. map repro'd c. 1910 by National Archives. #antiquemaps #oldmaps #montreal #quebec collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commo...

Burritt's Celestial Atlas, or you may recognize it from #theexpanse. #oldmaps #antiquemaps #starmaps

Southern Alberta coal leases and land sales, 1918. #coal #coalmining #alberta #antiquemaps #oldmaps

Happy Louis Riel Day! #manitoba #metis

I have often thought about this clip ever since Trump brought up his moronic idea of tariffs.

Th subtle humour of Mark Twain. #oldmaps #maps #paris #marktwain

Frank Slide: a closer look. The contour intervals [20 feet!!!] show the peaks of Turtle Mountain towering over the town & the relatively level boulder field where much of the town once stood. Structures shown may include a few buildings moved from the slide area since 1903. Dotted line = slide area.

#maps #oldmaps #books #travel

_Canada - The Keystone of the British Empire._ (Ottawa: Minister of Immigration and Colonization, c. 1924) 25 3/4" x 20 1/2" Promotional pamphlet distributed at the British Empire Exhibition of 1924/25. #maps #oldmaps #canada

_Delaware and Hudson Company Geological Map._ 1922. Hudson Valley from New York to Montreal with a focus on mining and transportation. "North America's oldest continually operated transportation company." (Wiki) Purchased by the CPR in 1991. #maps #cartography #antiquemaps #railroad #coal #history

_Preliminary Map. Queen Charlotte Islands._ British Columbia Department of Lands, 1927. 28 x 42" Scale = 4 miles to the inch. #maps #cartography #oldmaps #antiquemaps #britishcolumbia #haidagwaii

CDN Dept. of Mines. _Blairmore (Map 174A)_. 1918 In 1903, the Frank Slide, buried the south end of the village, killing 70-90 people. The Hillcrest Mine Disaster, a few miles south, killed 189 men in 1914. #maps #cartography #alberta #coal

Cozens-Hardy had recently (1894) toured the Sanjak & he presents his experiences in the rather pompous style one expects of a Victorian traveller. He relates a tale that when God was making the world, He carried the rocks in a sack on His back. When He was over Montenegro, "the sack broke.

#abhealth #abpolitics

@abdanielsmith.bsky.social Danielle Smith releases new COVID report.

The Bay of Pigs attack. LIFE Magazine, May 10, 1963