Pastmaps 🗺️

I set a goal in November of getting 100 strangers to sign up for @pastmaps by the end of 2022 to prove that it had legs and was worth going fulltime on it as a startup in 2023 Goal crushed with 151 signups and growing 5-10 every day now lets go #buildinpublic

Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.

my reaction when @pastmaps got waitlist signup #69 this morning slow but steady progress!

Native American Towns and Trails of #Ohio (1914): a map created by renowned Ohio archaeologist William C. Mills #maps #history

An early hand-colored map - Plan of #Milwaukee, #Wisconsin (1879)

Down in Ann Arbor Town: a super fun pictorial map with a focus on the University of Michigan (1926) #annarbor #michigan #umichengin

A fun pictorial #map of New Haven, CT: likely made as advertising for tourism (1928). The border includes a ton of fun facts about the city, places of interest, etc #connecticut #newhaven

Sherman's siege of #Atlanta, GA: period Union and Rebel force locations are noted in red and blue (1864) #georgia #maps #cartography

Colonists' & Emigrants' Route to #Texas: an early map marketing a new exciting life in the West and the new #railways connecting #Austin, #Houston, #SanAntonio, and more (1878)

A whimsical and fun pictorial #map of #Chicago, likely made to advertise for the upcoming World's Fair (1931) #atlas #cartography

Map of the #Mining District of CA (1850) - one of the most detailed #maps of gold rush-era camps ever created Fun fact: this map also marks the locations of various Indian Villages which was a pretty uncommon map feature for the time #california #history

San Francisco, #California Sutro Baths aerial photos: 1938 vs. 2022 #sanfrancisco #sutro #sutrobaths

The Cañizares manuscript map: the first map of the San Francisco Bay (1776) #maps #california #sanfrancisco

The defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 gave England the supremacy of the sea and prepared the way for English colonization.

Until 1600 Spain was the only European nation having permanent colonies in North America. The wealth obtained from the West Indies made Spain great and yet prepared the way for her downfall, for the English attacked first Spanish commerce, then colonies, and then home country.

Check out this amazing #map detailing the #history of early Spanish Expeditions through #America. Created by the McConnell Map Co. in 1919

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