A day like today 508 years ago was born one of the parents of the current map, Gerardus Mercator. Although there are many other ways to move the Earth to a 2D plane (link to the shop) and, by no means, the representation of Mercator...
Few scientists can say that there is a day in which his birth is commemorated. One of them is Charles Darwin (1809-1882). Every February 12 the contribution of this character to science becomes relevant. However, although the scientific milestones achieved is the most recognized of him...
And not just population, how many kilometers of roads are there? And books published? It is probable that there are no numbers of what I speak and what I thought. I'm not surprised ...
If you ask us to think of any place where we can find one of the most incredible collection of maps in the world, we would probably think of many museums around the world. However, to think of the Vatican as one of those places...
Invisibility of women throughout history in many of the scientific fields has been a reality until not so long ago. In fact, a superficial search in any internet search engine or related book is enough to realize that, beyond Marie Curie, by all known, few...
We may have heard about cartography and consider it to be a discipline. Not in vain, historically has always been an important tool at political and / or military level, but not so much for the rest of society. However, today in its day it has spread in...
We have all heard of calling Venice and, above all, Paris, as the "cities of love". There is no doubt that the majesty, the countless films shot along the river Seine or the wall of the "I love you" are just some of the examples...
In many occasions we use the terms map and street map indistinctly to refer to a graphic representation of the territory. However, there are many differences between them and, therefore, in this post. 1. The scale. It is the most important difference, since, generally, the...
Have you ever wondered why the North points north? Although most of us do not understand the reference of a map without the north pointing "up", it was not always like that. In fact, if we look at the opinion of the historian and cartography expert...
Hi World! "Maps are the eyes of history" or so said the Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in the s. XVI. From the first that is considered, recorded on a clay tablet in the Babylon of the s. VI a. C., even the most current and sophisticated,...
