With thousands of maps, atlases, and plat books, the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS) map archives are a treasure trove, one of the key caches of our state’s rich mapping heritage.
In this continuing series of retrospectives, my pattern is to look back ten and twenty-five years to see what was happening in Wisconsin mapping.
part of exhibit commemorating 200th anniversary
Library of Congress display open to Nov. 29
Program focuses on “New France”
A Madison exhibit of antique maps follows the area now known as Wisconsin from 1755 to 1855. The exhibit will be open from November 7 to November 30.