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The Olympic Games around World War II
No Olympic Summer Games this year. The current COVID-19 pandemic forced the International Olympic Committee to postpone the planned 2020...
Jul 30, 20204 min read


Mapping disease outbreaks
The world has been confronted with the outbreak of COVID-19. Maps show the spread of the outbreak, as Snow's Cholera Map did in 1855
Mar 5, 20205 min read


What's that behind the map? A recycled map from Ireland
there is something strange about this 1909 Pictorial Plan of London. Underneath this map, a surprise was waiting
Feb 29, 20203 min read


From London to Paris by plane.
This undated map shows the London - Paris route from Imperial Airlines. It's a birds-eye view from the South, and covers the South-East...
Feb 5, 20203 min read


The London Blitz
This Pictorial Plan of London, from around 1947, is one of the few maps showing the destruction caused by German bombs during the Blitz
Jan 28, 20203 min read
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