Making Maps, Mapping History

Audio commentary of selected maps complements the information in the exhibit booklet. The comments have been generously offered by UW-Madison experts in the history of cartography, the history of the Great Lakes region, and remote sensing technology.

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Twenty-Nine

Lake Surface Temperature from Aqua/MODIS. UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center, April 18, 2006.

04-24

02:07

Twenty-Eight

Seasonal Satellite Imagery from MODIS. UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center, February 26, 2003; April 23, 2003; September 5, 2003; October 10, 2004.

04-22

01:46

Twenty-Six

Landsat Images of Green Bay. UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center, June 25, 1979 and September 8, 2000.

04-21

02:09

Twenty-One

Official Railroad Map of Wisconsin. Railroad Commission of Wisconsin, 1912.

04-20

01:39

Sixteen

Map and Section of Wisconsin and Fox River. U.S. Corps of Engineers (War Department), 1867.

04-18

02:01

Fifteen

Sketch of the Public Surveys in the State of Wisconsin. Department of the Interior (General Land Office), 1866.

04-11

01:58

Twelve

Map of the County of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (upper left quadrant). H.F. Walling, 1858.

04-10

01:26

Eight

Topographical Map of Wisconsin Territory. Samuel Morrison, Elisha Dwelle, and Joshua Hathaway, 1837.

04-08

01:14

Seven

Three maps. One: North America Sheet III: Upper Canada with Parts of New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1832. Two: North America Sheet IV: Lake Superior. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1832. Three: North America Sheet V: The Northwest and Michigan Territories. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1833.

04-06

02:20

Six

A Survey of St. Mary’s River from the Falls to Lake George. Henry W. Bayfield, 1828.

04-02

01:25

Five

A New Map of the English Empire in America. John Senex, 1719.

03-31

01:46

Four

A New Map of ye North Parts of America. Herman Moll, ca. 1711.

03-27

01:51

Three

L’Amerique Septentrionale. Guillaume De L’Isle, 1708.

03-23

01:29

Two

Partie Occidentale du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France. Vincenzo Coronelli, 1688.

03-21

01:44

One

A New Mapp of America Septentrionale. Richard Blome, 1670.

03-20

02:02

Introduction

Introduction to Making Maps, Mapping History.

03-18

00:19

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