By Elliot Carter

The Geography and Maps Division at the Library of Congress is one of the more interesting rooms on Capitol Hill. Their hoard includes 5.2 million maps, 80,000 atlases and over 500 globes; it is the largest cartographic collection in the world.

The Geography and Maps Division is curated by map specialist Edward Redmond. "The Library's cartographic collections contain coverage for every country and subject, in formats ranging from early manuscripts to the most up-to-date digital geospatial data and software" said Redmond.