Hello World.
I'm Logan Alexander.
I'm a college student in St. Louis.


It is a rare representative of one of the world’s greatest and most enduring mysteries: Where and how did medieval mapmakers, apparently armed with no more than a compass, an hourglass and sets of sailing directions, develop stunningly accurate maps of southern Europe, the Black Sea and North African coastlines, as if they were looking down from a satellite, when no one had been higher than a treetop?

1500s Cartography!
click the pic for full res (it’s stunning)

It is a rare representative of one of the world’s greatest and most enduring mysteries: Where and how did medieval mapmakers, apparently armed with no more than a compass, an hourglass and sets of sailing directions, develop stunningly accurate maps of southern Europe, the Black Sea and North African coastlines, as if they were looking down from a satellite, when no one had been higher than a treetop?

1500s Cartography!

click the pic for full res (it’s stunning)

Dear John McCain,

You’re so freaking old.

Release your medical records.

Best of Luck,

Logan

P.S. - When I said “Best of Luck,” I meant “I hope you lose in the election or drop out before November 4th.”