"This pictorial map, printed in 1899, commemorates the 1846-47 route of émigrés from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, as they made their way from Illinois to Utah."
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Matt Richardson's comment,
November 13, 2017 9:50 AM
In the decades before smartphones, I used to deliver pizza in a section of Porter Ranch that was very similar to this, albeit slightly smaller. It was horrible. The pizza was always cold.
Deanna Wiist's curator insight,
September 12, 2017 9:04 PM
Maps need to be updated for a wide range of reasons. Tectonic plate movements require that we adjust things from where they used to be, to where they are now. This can be an expensive proposition, but critical for pinpoint precision that may GPS-based technological applications need. |
I found this map from Slate's historical blog, the Vault. It is a fabulous historical map in various senses of the words. 1) it nicely documents the travels of Mormon pioneers with dates and other bits of information about their trek. 2) this map depicts an older cartographic tradition of infusing pictures into the margins of the map to enrich the visual experience.