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18th Century Armenian map of Africa The Library of Congress has recently digitized two Armenian-language maps of Africa and Europe from the 18th century, completing the four-map set of the world that also includes Asia and America. The maps reflect the knowledge of the period’s European cartographers and the ways in which they conveyed it (including pictorial representation of points of interest). Prepared by Elia Endasian at the San Lazzaro degli Armeni Monastery in Venice, Italy, the maps offer a glimpse into the vast cultural contribution of this Armenian Catholic congregation. Found...

The top of the 31 levels of existence, as seen on the cosmography.  Photo: John Hessler. Geography and Map Division. This is a guest post by John Hessler, a specialist in the Library’s Geography and Map Division, focusing on computational geography and geographic information science. He’s also the Library’s curator of the Jay I. Kislak Collection. Recently, the Library’s Geography and Map Division acquired a rare 18th-century carving of a Theravãda Buddhist cosmography that originated in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma). The panel, which is more than 9 feet high when its three part...

DETROIT (AP) — Pierre Brooks II will enter Michigan State this fall as a state champion, a Mr. Basketball award winner and The Associated Press Division 4 Player of the Year. It would be safe to say Brooks II has been successful in every way possible his senior year, leading Detroit Douglass to its first state championship. He was named AP Player of the Year by a group of sports writers from across the state. Brooks II averaged 33.1 points, 10.7 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 2.3 steals and 1.4 blocks. He had 15 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and a key block late in the 47-41 victory over Wyoming...

  1867 (undated)         1 : 5000 Description A scarce map of New York City's Upper West Side, including the southern half of Central Park, issued in 1867 by Matthew Dripps. This is likely the earliest obtainable specific map of the Upper West Side, predating the maps of Egbert Vielé (1868), John Bute Holmes (1874), and Herman Knickerbocker Vielé (1879). Moreover, as the map predates most major development on the Upper West Side, its ichnographic qualities - showing the layout of numerous individual buildings - are of the utmost historical significance. For example, no doubt on...

  1842 (dated)         1 : 165000 Description A fine example of William W. Mather's 1842 large-scale geographical map of Long Island, New York - the first comprehensive geological study of the island. Issued prior to the completion of the Long Island Railroad and the subsequent Long Island land rush, this one of the largest, most detailed, and attractive maps of Long Island to appear in the 19th century. The map covers from New Jersey and Staten Island eastward as Montauk and Fisher's Island. Includes parts of Westchester, New Jersey, Rockland County, and the Connecticut coastline....