Comments on: The Map-Happy Chaplain

The Map-Happy Chaplain

Rykey — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:15:08 -0800

John Henry Wilbrandt Stuckenberg emigrated from Germany to the United States, where he was eventually a Chaplain in the American Civil War. He also really liked maps; in the course of traveling over his lifetime, he collected hundreds of maps, some dating back to the 16th century. [Most maps in Latin]

By: languagehat

languagehat — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:27:16 -0800

Nifty! New Amsterdam, Old Amsterdam. I love this stuff.

By: b1tr0t

b1tr0t — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:46:41 -0800

yet another horrible user interface

By: look busy

look busy — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:47:41 -0800

Stuckenberg's got nothing on David Rumsey.

By: Flunkie

Flunkie — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:56:52 -0800

I want to like this site. I don't understand why they think that their user interface is even remotely reasonable. Just let me see the damn picture. The whole damn picture. At once. Sheesh.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:33:12 -0800

Your favorite map site sucks.

By: grapefruitmoon

grapefruitmoon — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:31:50 -0800

Awesome stuff, thanks!