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The personal blog of Brian McBreen. Items of interest, topics of study and the occasional essay.
“Top Secret - Bigot” maps from the D-Day invasion available for sale and in high resolution for download. The term “Bigot” denoted a special, compartmentalized clearance for the Normandy operation. Those with this clearance were “bigoted”.
I’m still on the lookout for the Bigot map depicting the overall plan, similar to this one.
US Geological Survey map of northern Los Angeles and Ventura County from 1881. Thanks to the David Rumsey Collection, you can download this and other maps at very high resolution—makes for endless browsing.
Locals will note the curious reference to Old Bony Peak and Conejo Peak, among the hundreds of interesting observations this map yields. Enjoy!
The regional topography and tectonic influences around the Haitian earthquake. Courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory.
For history buffs, visit this extensive collection of military maps from the US Military Academy which includes 84 items for WWII’s European Theater such as the one above.
