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Maps & Atlases
This subject guide looks at finding different maps and atlases throughout our collections. This is not an exhaustive list, but the guide does list various examples of resources within each section.
Introduction
Understanding maps
World atlases
Subject atlases
Finding maps
Topographic maps
Find maps online
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Find outline maps
Fire insurance maps
Census maps
Geologic mapping
History through maps
Environmental mapping
Map humor
Evans Map Room
Web mapping
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Google Earth & Maps
Digital Mapping
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Cartography
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Map Librarian
Lucinda M. Hall
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Contact:
Evans Map Room, Baker-Berry Library
Dartmouth College
25 N Main ST
Hanover, NH 03755
(603) 646-0962
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Skype Contact: d1128r8@kiewit.dartmouth.edu
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Subjects:
Film and Media Studies
,
Geography
,
Polar Studies
Map Humor on the Internet
Cartography cartoons and comics
This page is from CartoonStock.com.
Comic cartography
This is an article by Jeffrey S. Murray from
Fine Books & Collections
.
Fun Maps USA
Examples of cartoon maps for sale.
Map, Cartography & Geography Cartoons by T. McCracken
Mapping Stereotypes
A site from
alphadesigner
.
xkcd
A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language (and maps!).
More Map humor Miscellanea
Great moments in map librarianship: cartoons from the first 30 years of
base line
by
Jim Coombs
Call Number: Evans Map Room Z 682.5 .C66 2010
A very funny collection of comic strips that illustrate working in a map library or collection.
Carto-quotes: an inspirational companion for the map-maker and the map-use
by
Gary Brannon & Les Harding, eds.
Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 6084 .M27 C36 1996
ISBN: 9780968140314
Need a quote about maps or cartography? This is the book to use. There's a quotation to fit any occasion in this book.
Map humor
[From
xkcd
: a comic about map projections]
For more in-depth explanations, click
here
.
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