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February 2025

The United States of Europe: a peculiar history of European federalism
A journey through some of the most peculiar ideas for federating Europe in the 20th century, by Maas, Kohr and Heineken.
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Miguel García Álvarez
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Trump, Google Maps and the names of places
The interconnected story of toponymy, the willingness to conform of Google Maps and the intentions of Donald Trump.
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Miguel García Álvarez
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Baltic ice and its advantages
The origin of the Baltic Sea, its freezing patterns and how the winter ice affects the region's towns and people.
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Miguel García Álvarez
The rise of the jet set and Pan Am in-flight menus
The jet age revolutionized air travel in the 1960s. Pan Am took it to the next level with Jacques Liozu’s illustrated menus featuring maps of global…
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January 2025

The first regional maps and the first world map
A journey through some examples of the conceptualisation of the surrounding territory, which grow in extension until we reach the first world map of…
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Miguel García Álvarez
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The casualty count of the Battle of the Somme
A detailed account of the Battle of the Somme, highlighting the enormous human cost and its profound impact on the nations involved.
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Miguel García Álvarez
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The Pangaeas that were and the Pangaeas to come
Since the formation of the Earth, plate tectonics has shifted the continents to form multiple Pangeas. And many more will form in the future.
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Maps in airborne leaflet propaganda during WWII
Airbone leaflet propaganda was heavily used during WWII, and plenty of times maps were a powerful tool to influence a narrative on enemy troops and…
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Miguel García Álvarez
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Niagara Falls, a remnant of the last ice age
How the melting of the great Laurentian ice sheet created the Great Lakes system and the impressive Niagara Falls.
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Miguel García Álvarez
How did North get to the top?
North has not always been at the top of maps. It has travelled through centuries and civilisations to get there.
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