{"id":4109,"date":"2024-12-07T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mapasmilhaud.com\/?p=4109"},"modified":"2024-12-06T21:47:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T20:47:27","slug":"map-of-boston-for-the-blind-1830","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mapasmilhaud.com\/en\/mapas-urbanos\/plano-de-boston-para-ciegos-1830\/","title":{"rendered":"Map of Boston for the blind (1830)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This map, created by Stephen Ruggles in 1830, depicts the city of Boston. The map is designed to be interpreted by blind people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This work by Ruggles is one of the first maps created at the Perkins School in Watertown, Massachusetts, a school founded to teach blind people. The map of Boston, the city closest to Watertown, is made from a thin wooden board. Ruggles drew the street network of Boston on it and then removed everything related to buildings, parks and water. He then glued it onto a green board, producing the result that can be seen in the image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the newsletter, I have written more about maps for the blind and their history. You can read it here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. The origins of cartography for the blind<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Braille, Kunz and modern cartography for the blind<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. The present and future of cartography for the blind<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Sources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n