Military Maps

New England and Colonial era surveys could very from half a mile by half a mile squares to rectangles and squares fit into a township depending on the shape of the township, number of people buying, or instructions from European surveyors.

When author used aids he did not use them to pad out space, but to convey more information on his topic he was discussing. The map (page 2-3) is used to expose us to the difference of maps from Europe in the 1500’s to the maps of natives in the 1500’s. The natives had maps on a much smaller scale and those maps were not one-hundred percent correct geographically, whereas the maps from Europe were much grander, and geographically correct. The usage of visual aids helps you to grasp how Europeans and natives alike didn’t know how expansive their ‘New World’ was. The authors use of portraits can show you how the colonizers saw the natives as ‘savages’ and to them proper clothes were a sign of civilized people, the portrait of Pocahontas (page 57) shows her in much different clothing than that of what she would wear if she still was with her tribe. These portraits like the one of Theyanoguin (page 110) canbe used as an example of how different the natives looked from the colonizers and how strange they were. It can also show the cultural hybridity of the the native chief after he had made a visit to England to negotiate with Queen Anne. The author also includes one political cartoon depicting one of the rich family in Charleston during the 1800’s (page 88), this family most likely owned slaves, so to me this cartoon could be a attack on how most of the richest families in Charleston made

The Canadian Military’s extensive planning of the assault on Vimy Ridge was one of the main reasons for its successful victory. Prior to the assault, the Canadian troops were intensely prepared in terms of their training. The soldiers were so well trained that if their leader was killed they would be able to follow through with the plan with great precision and execution. The battle was so thought out that there was absolutely nothing left to chance. The Canadians created maps of the entire ridge created from many previous ridge assaults (Stephens, John. "Innovations.") along with arial photos of the location. As the Canadians captured German Soldiers they would try to make out as much information of the terrain as possible (Foot, Richard. "Meticulous Preparation.") The maps would have the location of the German defences and provided them with the timetable of the checkpoints and trench outlines. The maps were

The simulation is based on historical maps. I noticed that it was very important to know the different markings represent on the map. Opposing military forces were shown as different colored lines or dots. The longer and thicker the line, it meant that they had more troops. The different colors on the map indicated there were higher or lower levels of elevation. White represented the lowest ground and dark brown indicated the peaks of small hills. Ridges and hills were usually easier to defend and harder to attack. The blue lines represented creeks. Roads were indicated by black lines and were important to keep open in order to receive supplies and reinforcements.

He also quotes from Ondaatje p.37 to develop his idea about maps “whose portraits have nothing to do with surface.” This coupled with his narrative about the explorers in the Age of Colonialism

Van Dieman's Land, from near Mrs Ranson's Public House, June 29th 1840. Oil on canvas, 76.8 × 114.9 cm. H31203. La Trobe Picture Collection. John Glover, artist.

In his famous decent of the French River to Georgian Bay, down its coast, through the 30,000 Islands to the Wyandot in Severn Sound and Orillia he noted that our area by Parry Sound was “so disagreeable a region”. As he was interested mostly in minerals and furs, the region that was made famous by the Group of Seven for its beauty, was of no use to him. But at least Georgian Bay took its basic shape.

Maps often contain a scale to indicate to the reader how far a given distance on a map is in the real world.

During the period of 1689 to 1763, there had been four wars fought in Europe for control of the newly found colonies, therefore understandably tensions were high on every side of the battle field. However, the backdrop for this particular

On March 11, 1862, Lincoln made the decision to remove McClellan as General-in-Chief, demoting him to command only the Army of the Potomac. Chief of Staff, Peyton March, sent a telegram to McClellan in refence to his orders and instructed him to speak first to Governor Dennison. Suspicious of this message McClellan refused the invitation to Washington or to speak to Dennison. Later, the General wrote to his wife that the rascals of Washington were after him again and that if he could come out of this, he would never get himself in this position again. Because of this refusal, he learned of his demotion via the National Intelligencer, a Washington newspaper. Although many leaders in the government continued to resent the commander, he was still

First published in 1844 by Henry G. Langley, New York, in Josiah Gregg’s book, Commerce of the Prairies: Or the Journal of a Santa Fe Trader, During Eight Expeditions Across The Great Western Prairies, and a residence of nearly nine years in Northern Mexico, and published in his atlas in 1845, “Map of the Indian Territory Northern Texas and New Mexico Showing the Great Western Prairies” was the most accurate and reliable map of the southwestern plains during its time. This map is said to have been produced by Gregg, Sidney Morse and Samuel Breese, from a combination of works, including Humbolt’s “New Spain” map of 1811, notes derived from Major Long’s 1840 expedition, Joseph C. Brown’s survey of the Santa Fe Trail in 1841, and Gregg’s personal

"Drawn to scale" means a term that used to describe the delineation of distance and measurement on a drawing. E.g. "1/4 inch per foot" means that for each 1/4 of linear distance on the drawing is equivalent to one linear foot of real distance.

Seuss went about displaying this map. Instead of going with a simple infographic covering Malaria’s stats, they instead choose to make it more picture oriented. I feel this approach, was the best way to go about it. Based on the simple notion being that, pictures speak louder than words. With this map being primarily picture based, you can put this map anywhere and the message of the map is understandable. “ Don’t mess with Malaria” It’s a map whose message reaches both adults and kids. This map is what break the language barrier, among other nations. Now was this Dr. Seuss and the Army intention, that’s where the debate comes

‘Oh! Yes- Do let the portraits of your uncle and Aunt Phillips be placed in the gallery at Pemberley. Put them next to your great uncle the judge. They are in the same profession, you know; only in different lines. As for your Elizabeth’s picture, you must not attempt to have it taken, for what painter could do justice to those beautiful eyes’ (46).

Maps are summarized real word for particular purposes and humans read maps to make a decision in real world. The position of map reader is essential for finding relevant information through the map. Therefore, the map reader position was explicitly indicated in the