Comments for the BIG Map Blog http://www.bigmapblog.com Interesting maps, historical maps, BIG maps. Sat, 28 Mar 2020 22:43:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 Comment on Kite Photo of Post-Quake San Francisco (1906) by Deteção Remota Com O QGIS – Grupo Utilizadores QGIS Portugal http://www.bigmapblog.com/2012/kite-photo-of-post-quake-san-francisco-1906/#comment-203237 Sat, 28 Mar 2020 22:43:37 +0000 http://www.bigmapblog.com/?p=1951#comment-203237 […] Mais tarde, em 1906, foi captada uma outra imagem aérea emblemática, por George Lawrence, mostrando a devastação provocada pelo sismo de São Francisco. Esta foi obtida por uma câmara com cerca de 22Kg, instalada a bordo de um papagaio [2]. […]

]]> Comment on Vingboons’ Map of California as an Island (1650s) by Tony Arioli http://www.bigmapblog.com/2014/vingboons-map-of-california-as-an-island-1650s/#comment-176425 Fri, 18 Oct 2019 23:52:27 +0000 http://www.bigmapblog.com/?p=1659#comment-176425 The Vingboons map not only depicts Baja and the present day state of California, it also includes southernmost Oregon (“Cabo Blanco”). The present day border between California & Oregon is just a hair north of “C. San Sebastian,” now named Point St. George off Crescent City, CA.

]]> Comment on Strait of Juan de Fuca showing wrecks (1895) by Ernest http://www.bigmapblog.com/2012/strait-of-juan-de-fuca-showing-wrecks-1895/#comment-175915 Tue, 15 Oct 2019 21:12:03 +0000 http://www.bigmapblog.com/?p=1921#comment-175915 John, did you find the schooner?

]]> Comment on Hayden’s Map of the Yellowstone River (1860) by Peter Nurkse http://www.bigmapblog.com/2019/haydens-map-of-the-yellowstone-river-1860/#comment-160221 Wed, 05 Jun 2019 04:01:32 +0000 http://www.bigmapblog.com/?p=1818#comment-160221 Hey, the King is back! We have got a couple of maps in the last month (Yellowstone River and Huntsville).
Last map before those two apparently was St. Paul, way back in Nov. 2014.
Good to see the King coming up with some more maps, but hope the King takes it easy, any map any time is fine, whenever is good.

]]> Comment on Positions at the Battlefield at Gettysburg (1876) by Peter A Anderson http://www.bigmapblog.com/2012/positions-at-the-battlefield-at-gettysburg-1876/#comment-156326 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:13:20 +0000 http://www.bigmapblog.com/?p=1643#comment-156326 this BLOWS MY MIND!!! Thank you for these! I’m wondering if there are cleaned up versions of this. Some of the regiment numbers are unintelligible if you have any other resources that take these maps and have even more detail but clearer I would love to have that. Thank you again for any information you may provide. — Peter Anderson

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