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Election Maps Are Everywhere. Don’t Let Them Fool You.

  • 20th century

Mapping the Segregation of Minneapolis

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The Untold Story of the Secret Mission to Seize Nazi Map Data

  • 19th century

The Pioneering Maps of Alexander von Humboldt

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Why Your Mental Map of the World Is (probably) Wrong

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When Mars Had Canals

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These Ingenious Charts Brought the Cosmos to 1800s Schoolchildren

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Gorgeous Panoramic Paintings of National Parks Now Online

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How an Obscure Religious Sect Mapped the Cosmos

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New Map Reveals Ships Buried Below San Francisco

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The Underappreciated Man Behind the “Best Graphic Ever Produced”

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Inside the Secret World of Russia’s Cold War Mapmakers

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Marie Tharp’s groundbreaking maps brought the seafloor to the world

  • by Betsy Mason
  • Posted on January 13, 2021January 20, 2021
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Election Maps Are Everywhere. Don’t Let Them Fool You.

  • by Betsy Mason
  • Posted on October 30, 2020January 20, 2021
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  • 20th century

Mapping the Segregation of Minneapolis

  • by Greg Miller
  • Posted on January 8, 2020January 19, 2021
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10 Great Gifts for Map Lovers

  • by Betsy Mason
  • Posted on December 4, 2019December 12, 2019
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  • 20th century

The Untold Story of the Secret Mission to Seize Nazi Map Data

  • by Greg Miller
  • Posted on October 22, 2019January 29, 2020
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  • 19th century

The Pioneering Maps of Alexander von Humboldt

  • by Greg Miller
  • Posted on October 15, 2019November 23, 2019
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Why Your Mental Map of the World Is (probably) Wrong

  • by Betsy Mason
  • Posted on November 16, 2018November 22, 2019
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  • Worlds

When Mars Had Canals

  • by Betsy Mason
  • Posted on October 30, 2018November 22, 2019
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  • 15th century

A 500-year-old map used by Columbus reveals its secrets

  • by Greg Miller
  • Posted on October 8, 2018November 22, 2019
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These Ingenious Charts Brought the Cosmos to 1800s Schoolchildren

  • by Greg Miller
  • Posted on July 19, 2018November 25, 2019
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About Map Dragons

Map Dragons is written and produced by Betsy Mason and Greg Miller. We are science journalists who love maps and the stories behind them. In 2014 we founded a cartography blog at Wired called Map Lab. In 2016 the blog moved to National Geographic, where it was renamed All Over the Map. Our book of the same name was published by National Geographic in 2018.

Here, you will find a selection of our previous blog posts, stories we've written for a variety of other publications, and going forward, some Map Dragons exclusives. We hope you enjoy the site!

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Lovely hand drawn #maplabel on this 2014 La Source pinot noire from @elvwines in #Oregon. #maps #wine #winelabelart #winemap
The eruption of Mount St. Helens 40 years ago today changed its shape forever. This @USGS map shows its contours before it erupted. #mountsthelens #volcano
Beautiful physiographic map of Alaska by Tau Rho Alpha in the @USGS Atlas of Oblique Maps using Erwin Raisz’s landform symbols. #map #maps #atlas #alaska
Spotted in Glenwood Springs CO last month: this beautiful mural of the town by Mary Pilon #glenwoodsprings #maps @visitglenwood
Nice map design on this 2016 Sonoma Valley pinot noir. #maplabel #winemap
This 1871 @usgs map of #yellowstonenationalpark has some nice fuzzy topography.
Topographic map of Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico. No wonder the Zapotec chose this spot for a city circa 500 BC. It feels like the top of the world. #montealban #oaxaca #mexico #map

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  • David Rumsey Map Collection
  • North American Cartographic Information Society
  • Osher Map Library
  • Leventhal Map Center (Boston Public Library)
  • Adventures in Mapping
  • Worlds Revealed (Library of Congress)
  • Cartonerd
  • Bostonography
  • The Map Room
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