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12018-02-21T12:09:38-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f591From the Geographical Atlas of the Russian Empireplain2018-02-21T12:09:38-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
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12018-01-31T02:13:07-05:00MapStories55image_header2020-04-16T04:05:47-04:00Maps do not tell stories in the same way books do.
The stories maps tell seem - to the untrained eye - to lack beginnings and endings. Characters. Plot lines. Some people even say that maps are just descriptions of places - that they do not tell stories at all.
But the truth is that within the neatline of any good map there is intrigue and drama and nuance and, sometimes, even a grandiose, sweeping view of the world.
