{"id":1789664,"date":"2020-11-22T15:02:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T20:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1789664"},"modified":"2020-11-22T15:02:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T20:02:31","slug":"a-slice-through-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/11\/a-slice-through-america\/","title":{"rendered":"A Slice Through America"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Out last month from Princeton Architectural Press<\/a>: A Slice Through America: A Geological Atlas<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by David Kassel. This is a history of stratigraphic<\/a> illustrations, which Kassel has been collecting for decades. \u201cHistoric stratigraphic illustrations depict the earth beneath our feet in captivating hand-drawn diagrams. Each drawing tells a unique geologic story, exquisitely rendered in colors from pastel palettes to brilliant bolds that show evolving scientific graphic conventions over time. Created by federal and state geologists over the course of one hundred years, the maps reveal sedimentary rock layers that present an unexpected view of our treasured public lands, making this collection an important record of natural resources, as well as a beautiful display of map design.\u201d Amazon<\/a> (Canada<\/a>, UK<\/a>), Bookshop<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Out last month from Princeton Architectural Press: A Slice Through America: A Geological Atlas by David Kassel. This is a history of stratigraphic illustrations, which Kassel has been collecting for decades. \u201cHistoric stratigraphic illustrations depict… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-1789664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-geology","tag-books","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5582,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2013\/06\/the-sixteenth-century-origins-of-fantasy-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1789664,"position":0},"title":"The Sixteenth-Century Origins of Fantasy Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"7 June 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the things I'm interested in for my fantasy maps project is the origin of fantasy map design: where does that tell-tale fantasy map look come from? 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