map errors

Parts of the World That Cartographers Keep Forgetting Exist

March 8, 2017March 8, 2017 by Caitlin Dempsey

Some places and countries seem to be frequently left off of maps because cartographers keep forgetting they exist.

The far left map is the original hand-drawn map, which was used to make the two printed version on the right which were used by Napoleon and his army at Waterloo. In the original map, the Mont Saint-Jean farm is situated to the right of the road, while on the printed versions, the farm is shown as being to the left of the road.

Was an Inaccurate Map Partly Responsible for Napoleon’s Waterloo Defeat?

October 6, 2014 by Caitlin Dempsey

A French documentary maker contends that a map error ones on the reasons that Napoleon’s army was defeated by the Duke of Wellington’s forces during … Read more