Soft drinks, defined as non-alcoholic flavored beverages, have been around for centuries. Some of the earliest concoctions to fall into the category of soft drinks include fruit-flavored cordials from the 16th and 17th centuries. Something called a ‘water imperial’ consisting of a sweetened lemon drink with cream of tartar was… Read more“Map Monday, Soda, Pop, Coke, what do you call soft drinks?”
Category: History
Map Monday, How human disease travels the globe
Human disease has taken many paths to travel the globe. Blown by winds and storms or carried on currents many early diseases found new homes via earth’s weather. Some of these diseases may have taken their journeys in their native state, but quite a few hitched a ride on a… Read more“Map Monday, How human disease travels the globe”
Map Monday, Navigating the Pentagon
The Pentagon is located in Arlington, Virginia. Other than highways, parking lots, and the DC metro it’s most notable neighbors are a lagoon in the Potomac river (built during the Pentagon’s construction) and Arlington National Cemetery. When it was completed in 1943 its 6,600,000 square feet (3,705,793 square feet of… Read more“Map Monday, Navigating the Pentagon”