We recently received a pair of maps showing the British and French empires during the interwar period. Neither had been published as a separate map.

The British map appeared in the March 22, 1936 issue of the Boston Advertiser, …

Last week, we discovered the delightful Map of Adventures for Boys and Girls in the University Library’s Main Stacks. Created by Paul M. Paine and published in 1925, this map shows locations of real life and fictional adventures. Sea routes …

The School of Application for Infantry and Cavalry, located at Fort Leavenworth, was founded in 1881 by William Tecumseh Sherman to give graduates of West Point practical experience and additional training through a two-year course of instruction. In 1907, the …

Last week, this map, created by the Nigerian Survey Department in 1949, sparked the questions “Where is this?” and “What’s going on?” We discovered it the drawer of maps of Nigeria as we worked through to shift part of the …

Earlier this week, on March 1, Yellowstone National Park turned 144 years old. It was created in 1872 through an Act of Congress titled “An Act to set apart a certain tract of land lying near the headwaters of the …

A new year, a new semester — a new blog!

Welcome to the Map Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s new (first) blog.

We recently received a number of items that I have been showing off to anyone …