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Gall-Peters Projection

The Obama administration is holding a virtual public forum for the second year in a row next week, and the principal cast of The West Wing came together again to voice their support for the idea in a video from the White House.

The idea pays “fromage” to President Andrew Jackson, who turned the White House into an open house on Feb. 22, 1837, offering the American public the opportunity to visit 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and discuss the issues of the day with the president and his staff. Jackson had a 1,400-pound block of cheddar cheese hauled in for the event, and visitors could take a piece of it home with them.

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Humanities Maps

Allohistorical Cartography

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Can you tell where it is yet?

Swedish artist Nikolaj Cyon has created a map of Alkebu-Lan: how Africa might have looked if Europe hadn’t been a colonising power.

Basing himself on Unesco’s General History of Africa, Cyon built his map around historical empires, linguistic regions and natural boundaries. His snapshot is taken in 1844 (or 1260 Anno Hegirae), also the date of a map of tribal and political units in Unesco’s multi-volume General History

Cyon’s timeline diverges from history in the 14th Century where the Black Death has an even greater impact on the population of Europe, one so great recovery was impossible. He’s created a prezi detailing the background and process.

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Maps

The Meandering Mississippi

Available from 20×200 the Mississippi River Meander Belt Vintage Editions show how the Mississippi has changed its course from prehistory to the mid-20th Century as drawn by Harold Fisk, a US Army Corps Engineer.

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The (really quite beautiful) limited edition prints start at $24 (already sold out) and run up to an eye-watering $1800, but those of you on a budget can download scans of the plates directly from the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center and it won’t cost you a penny.