{"id":1790790,"date":"2021-05-06T09:39:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T13:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1790790"},"modified":"2021-05-06T10:29:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T14:29:17","slug":"another-maps-issue-from-library-of-congress-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/05\/another-maps-issue-from-library-of-congress-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Maps Issue from Library of Congress Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Library<\/a>The May-June 2021 issue of Library of Congress Magazine<\/em><\/a> is entirely given over to maps: a lot of short one-page features on all sorts of subjects from Ortelius to COVID. Direct link to the PDF file (6 MB)<\/a>. [Edney<\/a>]<\/p>\n

This isn’t the first time the magazine has done this: the September-October 2016 issue (2.9 MB)<\/a> was also almost entirely dedicated to maps. Previously: Library of Congress Magazine’s Map Issue<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The May-June 2021 issue of Library of Congress Magazine is entirely given over to maps: a lot of short one-page features on all sorts of subjects from Ortelius to COVID. Direct link to the PDF… 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":[10],"tags":[48,66,650],"class_list":["post-1790790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","tag-libraries","tag-library-of-congress","tag-magazines","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2888,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/09\/library-of-congress-magazines-map-issue\/","url_meta":{"origin":1790790,"position":0},"title":"Library of Congress Magazine’s Map Issue","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"18 September 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"Library of Congress Magazine\u2019s September-October 2016 issue (direct PDF link) is almost entirely dedicated to maps, with several feature articles on the Library's map holdings, profiles of Library cartographers, and other map-related items. 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The Library of Congress has 50,000 fire insurance maps (700,000 individual sheets)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Antique Maps"","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2761,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/09\/the-library-of-congress-blogs-last-post-on-fantasy-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1790790,"position":2},"title":"The Library of Congress Blog’s Last Post on Fantasy Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"2 September 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"The Library of Congress blog's series on maps of imaginary places has now concluded;\u00a0the final post\u00a0is a look at what's available on the subject from the Library of Congress itself. One interesting nugget of information: \"The Library of Congress classification system has a range of call numbers reserved for maps\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Maps and Literature"","block_context":{"text":"Maps and Literature","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/maps-and-literature\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1788783,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/04\/library-of-congress-livestream-on-the-history-of-pandemic-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1790790,"position":3},"title":"Library of Congress Livestream on the History of Pandemic Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"22 April 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"Tomorrow (23 April 2020), the Library of Congress will be livestreaming No One Was Immune: Mapping the Great Pandemics from Columbus to COVID-19, in which John Hessler and Marie Arana will \u201cdiscuss the sweep of history from the 1500s smallpox pandemic that decimated the indigenous population of the Americas to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Health"","block_context":{"text":"Health","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/health\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1786985,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/01\/map-digitization-updates-from-the-library-of-congress\/","url_meta":{"origin":1790790,"position":4},"title":"Map Digitization Updates from the Library of Congress","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"14 January 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"In a year-in-review post earlier this month, the Library of Congress's map blog took a look at some of the maps that had been digitized for the first time in 2018. 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For more frequent updates, the Library's Geography and Map Division provides monthly lists\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Antique Maps"","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bird's eye view of the city of Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/jamestown-birdseye-1024x809.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/jamestown-birdseye-1024x809.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/jamestown-birdseye-1024x809.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/jamestown-birdseye-1024x809.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2248,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/06\/the-library-of-congress-looks-at-fantasy-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1790790,"position":5},"title":"The Library of Congress Looks at Fantasy Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"16 June 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"The Library of Congress's map blog, Worlds Revealed, has begun\u00a0a series of posts about imaginary maps.\u00a0\"We\u2019ll be exploring all of these types of maps and imaginary worlds this summer. 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