Nicknamed the Great White Hurricane, the three-day storm crippled the Atlantic coast from the Chesapeake Bay all the way into Canada, dumping almost 5 feet of snow in some places and creating 50-foot snowdrifts. The very first maps published by National Geographic in 1888 depict one of the most severe blizzards to ever hit the United States (below). The gallery above includes some tantalizing examples, such as the first composite map of the United States created out of color satellite photographs, and a clever way to get around Moscow’s ban on aerial photography in order to create a birds-eye view of the Kremlin. We’ll be digging through the collection as well to bring you stories about some of the most intriguing maps we find. “There's tons of stuff in there that struck me as being innovative and interesting.” “It’s inspiring,” says Martin Gamache, National Geographic’s director of cartography. Wyeth that still hang in the National Geographic Society’s Washington D.C. The map is one of a series of five original murals by renowned illustrator N.C. This 1928 map depicted the current political boundaries of the time, but was created in the style of sixteenth-century mariner’s charts, with pictorial depictions of feats of exploration decorating the corners.
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