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    A map of the Southern States of the United States, in which shading indicates most slaves per capita.

    Cartophilia

    In this regular column, geographer and Broadcast contributing editor Joshua Jelly-Schapiro roams through his favorite maps from history to examine the scientific, social, and psychological significance of cartography.

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    01.22
    Cartophilia: Mapping US Slavery
    The fourth installment of Cartophilia looks at the groundbreaking and disturbing 1861 visualization of where four million Black people were enslaved in the United States.
    11.21
    Cartophilia: Rivers of Time
    The third installment of Cartophilia looks at Howard Fisk's legendary 1944 maps of how the Mississippi River has changed course during modern history.
    08.21
    Cartophilia: Atlas of the United States for the Blind (1837)
    The second installment of Cartophilia looks at one of the earliest attempts to provide a map for the visually impaired.
    07.21
    Cartophilia: For the Love of Maps
    Joshua Jelly-Schapiro takes us below the streets of New York City to show the first electrical grid map of Manhattan, from 1893.
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