Have you ever wondered how flat maps are put together to make a globe? Watch this video from the Chicago History Museum to Check It Out!
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Check It Out!
More maps…
Strange Maps
Do you like maps? Here’s a great site, Strangemaps.com, which finds maps in all sorts of places. Below is the great semi-colonial state San Serriffe, one of the great April Fool’s Day pranks by the Guardian newspaper in the UK. Those of you in the publishing world might find this amusing for the references to typography.
