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The first map of the United States drawn and printed in America ... the library's curator of geography and maps. In a flourish, Buell banished the word "New" from a number of place names ...

Once this photolettering process was refined, it was applied to our United States map supplement in the May 1933 National Geographic. Shortly thereafter, Society cartographer Charles E.

What’s in a name change, after all? The water bordered by the Southern United States, Mexico and Cuba will be critical to shipping lanes and vacationers whether it’s called the Gulf of Mexico, as it ...

This story appears in the February 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... was documented—in Tuscany.” For their map of the United States (above), Hargreaves and Levin chose as their ...

Other sections of this part of the country are prone to earthquakes, but can expect fewer quakes of smaller magnitude. Below is a map showing the risk of damage by earthquakes for the continental ...