Making Maps, Mapping History

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.

Episodes

December 23, 2025 2 mins
Landsat Images of Green Bay. UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center, June 25, 1979 and September 8, 2000.
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Seasonal Satellite Imagery from MODIS. UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center, February 26, 2003; April 23, 2003; September 5, 2003; October 10, 2004.
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December 23, 2025 2 mins
Lake Surface Temperature from Aqua/MODIS. UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center, April 18, 2006.
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December 23, 2025 1 min
Topographical Map of Wisconsin Territory. Samuel Morrison, Elisha Dwelle, and Joshua Hathaway, 1837.
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December 23, 2025 1 min
Official Railroad Map of Wisconsin. Railroad Commission of Wisconsin, 1912.
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December 23, 2025 2 mins
Map and Section of Wisconsin and Fox River. U.S. Corps of Engineers (War Department), 1867.
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December 23, 2025 1 min
Map of the County of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (upper left quadrant). H.F. Walling, 1858.
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December 23, 2025 1 min
Sketch of the Public Surveys in the State of Wisconsin. Department of the Interior (General Land Office), 1866.
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December 23, 2025 1 min
A Survey of St. Mary’s River from the Falls to Lake George. Henry W. Bayfield, 1828.
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December 23, 2025 1 min
L’Amerique Septentrionale. Guillaume De L’Isle, 1708.
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December 23, 2025 2 mins
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.
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December 23, 2025 1 min
A New Map of ye North Parts of America. Herman Moll, ca. 1711.
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December 23, 2025 1 min
Partie Occidentale du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France. Vincenzo Coronelli, 1688.
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December 23, 2025 2 mins
A New Mapp of America Septentrionale. Richard Blome, 1670.
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December 23, 2025 1 min
A New Map of the English Empire in America. John Senex, 1719.
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December 23, 2025 19 secs
Introduction to Making Maps, Mapping History.
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