Author: Liz Loss
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Lizzy Harrison ’25
Campus Activities:* Presidential Fellow One of the reasons I chose Bucknell was for the opportunity to do research, which I got through the Presidential Fellowship Scholarship! When the time came to choose my project, I was immediately drawn to Dr. Del Testa’s history research on a study-abroad Holocaust course he was developing. Over the past…
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The Horowitz Map Collection
This map showcases the layout of the entire globe as it was understood to exist at the same by Dutch society. The map depicts major land masses across the world, highlighting six of the seven continents. In the North American continent, the western side of the landmass was largely uncharted and is largely missing in…
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The Horowitz Map Collection
At first glance, the map looks like a typical map of the US, but upon closer inspection, it is much more complex. Mitchell’s map includes the current US states as well as state territories such as the Wisconsin and Iowa territories, which later split into multiple states. It also shows “Indian Territory”, some areas are…