Recently in General map stuff Category

I was reading book reviews today and the website for the Genocide Studies Program at Yale caught my eye.

I'm not sure if under "normal" circumstances this would have caught my eye - but I happen to currently be reading a book by a South African journalist who covered the genocide in Rwanda. I was in the middle of my college years when the tragedy in Rwanda happened and like most college students I didn't pay close attention to what was going on. But I know about it now after reading this book and I have to say I'm pretty appalled at what human beings can and will do to each other. I hope sites like this will educate those (like me) who aren't informed about these tragedies in history.

This site provides some great maps of regions across the globe which have been witness to this heinous crime.

Sometimes I find really cool things like this:

http://www.telegeography.com/maps/index.php

I will buy some of these maps for the collection, they look really interesting. I can't wait to see them!

This is a really cool website of the map collection at the New York City subway website. Of particular note are the maps under the historical collection. Beautiful scans and tons of great maps! I love when I find sites like this!

Have a great weekend!