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Subject:  Wisconsin Historical Society:  Maps and Atlases

Hi, folks -

Every Friday, the Internet Scout report arrives by email from the
University of Minnesota.  They summarize the holdings in various kinds
of collections that are available over the Internet.  The paragraph
below summarizes what's available from the WHS as maps and atlases. If
you want to join up with the Scout folks, you can start at:

https://scout.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/scout-report/

Number 5 on their list this week is:

5. Wisconsin Historical Society: Maps and Atlases in our Collections
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Content.aspx?dsNav=N:1166

If you desire to travel around the world with just a few clicks, you
may wish to peruse the cornucopia of maps and atlases collected by the
Wisconsin Historical Society. All told, there are more than 3,000 maps
currently available online with the majority focusing on the Badger
State, the Midwest, and the United States more broadly. It is worth
noting that approximately 80 percent of the collection predates 1900.
A good place to start is with Browse Selected Items, which contains a
lovely 1908 map of Madison, Wisconsin and a 1596 map of the Americas
based on the geography of Ortelius. Moving on, the Browse More Maps
area contains hundreds of
additional maps from specific publications, including the Wisconsin
Magazine of History and Wisconsin County Histories. Visitors can also
just browse around via title, date of creation, and map creator.
Perhaps one of the most remarkable maps in this collection is the 1698
map titled, "A New World Between New-Mexico and the Frozen Sea.” While
it may not be scientifically accurate in the strictest sense, it is a
magical trip through the product of an inventive mind working from
conjecture and some basic information about the area.

The husband of one of my nieces uses scout as a resource for history
and social studies at the high school where he teaches.

Enjoy!

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