North America wasn’t the only country with shifting ... But, elsewhere, whole parts of the Earth were missing. The map of 1812 was shorter than the world as we know it. The North was cut off ...

Unlike the Civil War, the War of 1812 in Hampton Roads left ... what makes this practically unknown period map of Norfolk, Craney Island and the American defenses on the Elizabeth River so special.

A map published in the March 26, 1812 issue of The Boston Gazette added wings, claws, and fearsome teeth, along with a satirical “natural history” of the creature it called a “Gerry-mander.” ...