It’s like Kobe Bryant once said: “If you’re not extremely passionate about what you do, you’re doing the wrong thing.”Kyle’s doing the right thing and I absolutely love that. Keep it up Kyle!
Atlases got me interested in geography. Geography got me interested in history, anthropology, geology and a lot of other earth sciences and humanities. Even with the internet I enjoy opening an atlas and looking at the world.
Dude, you remind me of when I was 12 years old in the 90s and I’d read atlases for fun on car rides. So cool to see someone has this much love for maps in 2021! Favorite channel
And that folks is the magical feeling that experiencing travel can give you too... We just see a bunch of books, but he remembers the details of being there! Get in the car and go see stuff!
Wow! That's so awesome you have all those geography books & atlases! When I was a kid I always loved looking at atlases & maps so much that my dad would buy me a map from any place his job sent him & I was always excited getting a new one. Still to this day, I have a duffle bag full of different maps & atlases.
How do you not have more subscribers??? Your content is so wholesome and educational, you are genuinely just a good content creator. Keep up the awesome work
I love watching you because I never knew there were people like me how was such a nerd for geography also those atlases you buy each year are great I really enjoy just reading them. Thank you very much for your videos.
When our kids were both in college we downsized. As a result, I donated about 150 large maps that I had laminated. They loved them but that thought I was a lunatic. I still keep 15. I still have two paper boxes that have the really nice maps, and travel books. They weigh 30 pounds each. Keeping them because they don't expire.
Nice to find another map lover! I have somewhere north of 350 maps and charts. The largest part of the collection consists of the Nat Geo maps that were included in copies of the magazine. Some date back to WWII and the most recent are probably from the '70s. There are also a bunch of state and city maps and a few real antiques including a 1956 NC map that is only 6 years younger than me. Interestingly, it looks very much like current NC maps but is very noticeably missing the interstate system. I've often thought about framing the NC map between two sheets of glass so both sides can be viewed, but simply don't have any wall space to hang it. Most of my maps live in a wooden box that I built and which serves as our coffee table. It has an elaborate 14 inch diameter, 32 point compass rose wood burned into the top with eight point roses on the ends, with the word "MAPS" on the long sides. We are probably going to be downsizing and moving to the beach in a couple of years so she wants me to get rid of the maps but retain the box to use as the coffee table. It looks pretty good, even if I do say so myself.
This is amazing. Whenever you see someone talk about something they love, research and live, it gives such a strong energy to everyone around or listening. I felt this. Love this video, maybe not for the content, but for the producer
When I watch travel or sailing videos I ALWAYS have Google Maps open in a tab. I also have a 16 inch globe right beside my desk that I find myself referring to at least weekly, usually more, because you can't really get the relationships of places on the earth with flat maps. It is nice to know there are still so many of us.
Yep, when I was 6 years old I got my dad's world atlas out of his book shelf (as huge as the one you showed) and was gone in my mind for hours. Never met anybody else who had this feeling about maps, so wonderful to see your passion! Keep it going Kyle!
I think it would be interesting if you could make a video about different applications of Geography in the job world. For example, you could talk about remote sensing, what it is, and what it’s used for. Geospatial intelligence is another interesting application of Geography knowledge. Love the videos! Keep it up!
I stopped buying Rand McNally Atlases maybe 15 years ago, because everything was available on the evil computer. I really enjoyed looking at them and thought what the hay and pre-ordered the latest RM Atlas while watching your video.
Awwww man, this video is for the Super Geo Nerds!! 😍 📚 (My fiancé also still has a ton of his Geology and Geography textbooks, with myself keeping my art history and coding texts as well!!)
I'm a long time map & geography fan, new to your channel. Love your enthusiasm & information. I inherited my late father-in-law's old maps & atlases & it's interesting to see all the changes in our states. Plus I have my own atlases.
In the late 80s/early 90s, in the SoCal area of California, there was a book of maps made for the area and used by residents. Really detailed pages of the area. For example, if 3 people from different areas wanted to meet, someone would say "Let's meet at page 65, Grid 4-C" and it would get you close enough to meet. Do you recall those? I ran with the Hash House Harriers and that is how we would meet up to start our runs every Saturday. *edited* After posting the above, the name finally came to me. They were called Thomas (Brothers) Guides. If you are the least bit interested in how the L.A. / Orange Co. area of California changed over the years, they make for interesting reading. New ones were published every year.
Rand McNally made maps like those until the mid-2000s. I was fortunate to pick up one of the last ones of the Chicago area from 2005. Now used ones go on eBay for HUNDREDS of dollars.
You are definately not boring. Lusrening to someone talk about amything that tgey are passionate about is slways interesting. That is why I enjoy your videos, you get so excited I imagine you could make any subject fascinating to your listeners. Thrilled to see so many others who live geography too!😁
I've always loved maps and never managed to meet anyone with the same affinity. I've been very impressed with your content since discovering your channel. You are THE geography king. Fantastic thumbnail, also.
I have a similar bookshelf and I can never throw out a map. Looking forward to your future video covering Acadia NP where you’ll pick up another pamphlet to add to your collection. New Brunswick has a nice NP as well on the Bay of Fundy if u want to go up the Maine coast even farther. But then you’d be tempted to go even further up to Nova Scotia, Cape Breton and Halifax. But then maybe you’d be able to get Sarah Maclachlan in a video.
I love maps and I liked seeing all your books. Makes me not so embarrassed by my ever growing collection of travel books. Never heard of Bradt Guides - so now I have more I can buy - thanks Kyle ;-)
I love this video!!! I've gotten rid of most of my geography textbooks, unfortunately. I still have my Atlas of landforms which I'll bet you would absolutely love. We move so much we don't keep all our old road atlases that I've been getting them for about 30 years. I do still have a couple of textbooks on physical geography and the environment, but mine are so darn old (early 80's). When we travel we always have a road atlas with us as well because cell phone coverage is not reliable. Thank you for reminding me about those Gazetteers - I'm going to have to get a whole bunch of those!
I loved looking at maps as a kid. My aunt had a subscription National Geographic and after she finished them, she gave them to me. About every two months the magazine included fold out maps, which I collected in a box. As former USAF F-16 pilot I worked with maps professionally many years. I also got many of topos, especially the kind for driving my Jeep Wrangler in New Mexico and Arizona for a total of 15 years. Very interesting tour--I'm jealous of your library!
Hey Kyle, it's Andrew on my new account. Gotta love that thumbnail! Pure geography love. Great collection. I knew I wasn't the only kid that used to "play" with atlases. Lol
I have a collection of Rand McNally atlases for every year back to 97 except 98. I usually get one atlas to use and one to put in my collection. It is pretty interesting to see the freeways that weren’t there back then
That signposts and settlers book looks so cool, I hope there is something similar for the eastern side, or even my state! I really liked this video dude, nice collection.
What fun. I'm a Photoshoper and am a total nerd about all my stuff. BTW, when dating my hub of 40 years, he introduced me to Steely Dan. Best studio band of all time. Pretzel Logic with headphones is sheer perfection. A touch of the divine.
You should add the Maine Delorme Atlas and Gazetteer to your collection. Delorme is based in Maine, and the Maine version is the original state atlas of the series. Also at a much higher scale than most (if not all) of the other states! This atlas has a long history of hanging out in Mainer's trucks to navigate backwoods logging roads. Just remember, as you probably already know, many of Stephen King's Maine locations are fictitious. Awesome collection though! I too collect NPS brochures. Great videos, keep it up!
I loved the World Reference Atlas! I own at least two additions (pre- and post- cold war)! In high school and college, I was such a geography nerd that I read through them, tackling one or two countries a day for several months!
Kyle I loved this video. I'm going to buy an Delorme Atlas and Gazetteer for Pennsylvania. I go hiking a lot with my girlfriend and this would be perfect.
Love this video! This brings back a lot of fun memories. The atlas that got me into geography at a young age was National Geographic's "Our World" picture atlas (1990). Nice, colorful maps with a decent level of detail on each group of countries along with a concise inset for each country with basic facts: flag, capital, population, largest city, etc. There was also a picture or two from each country depicting culture, terrain, flora/fauna etc. It was my first real window to the world and I pored through it endlessly; it was simplified enough that as a grade schooler it didn't feel like an overwhelming amount of info. There was a second version of it printed in 1994 and I remember comparing the USSR/Yugoslavia in the old version with the post-Soviet additions in the second one to keep up to date. Also loved going over road maps. I would go to AAA as a kid and get free local maps of every city they had in the Bay Area along with state maps and Tourbooks (which had great information on each state) to the point where I'm sure they got tired of seeing me, lol.
Lol I did the same thing with AAA. I was pretty young so I think they thought it was "cute" that a kid would want all those maps and didn't seem upset even though they were technically for people going to those places
This is some wholesome content. I am not really deep into geography, but I travel a lot and try to collect informational stuff about the places I visit.
Wow, you and I would get along great. I have all of the big Atlases in your bookcase, plus about 20 more. I could spend hours just paging through them. Also, a very good series of historical Atlases came out several years ago. They were always heavily discounted at bookstores, so bonus for me! One thing about the US Roadmap Atlases is that they really need to make them very durable. Thin paper is not going to cut it. We used to live in Eastern Pennsylvania, and those pages were tattered to pieces.
Just before you pulled out that old Nat Geo hard cover atlas I was having flashbacks-from as young as I can remember, I was barely even bigger than that book, but I would pull it off the shelf and lie in front of it on the floor and study it for hours. I knew nearly every country’s map before I could do subtraction. And I remember being maybe 4-yrs-old (it was before I was in kindergarten), looking at a map and I asked my mom to show me where we lived; then I asked her to show me where my best friend lived (she lived four houses away), where my aunt/uncle/cousins lived in California, and I was so fascinated by it all and by how much information there could be in one image. And each time I looked at a map it seemed I discovered more information. So I kept looking, and looking more, and the information never ended so I never quit looking...
After moving to Michigan from Texas almost three years ago, I finally had the opportunity to take my family to Sleeping Bear Dunes a couple weeks ago, and when you flipped through your NP map collection, I caught an oh-so-brief glimpse of your Sleeping Bear Dunes map! Such a beautiful place...
I enjoyed this. I'm obsessive about my geography texts, atlases, maps, gazetteers, and cartography textbooks before the advent of desktop GIS. And we share the same alma mater: I'm California State University, Northridge, BA in Geogaphy in 1979. I'm glad to follow you!! Chuck.
Thank you so much for this video. It helped us to determine that The International Atlas by Rand McNally was the very best gift we to give to a young family member, even though it's the 1991 edition and doesn't have all of the current countries and their capitals. It's a fantastic book for geography lovers. Thanks for your story about when you were young and looking at it. Your enthusiasm was encouraging.
Hi fellow traveler and CSUN grad. Love, love your channel, your presentations, your excitement! Such a refreshing and informative series of videos. It is so nice to leave the negativity and repetition in general media, to watch one of your fact-filled uploads. We love geography and world travels; we’ve been to 112 countries so far, plus 40 states + Guam + Puerto Rico. Of course, we started travels long ago. In fact, we used to give travel to our children, rather than toys, starting age 5 to 15. Do you keep count? Love seeing new places. This Covid lockdown meant, we could not go anywhere for 14 months (unusual for us). I too keep travel books, maps, trivia books and the national parks brochures (LOL, crazy, i’m not alone). Do you teach geography? Anyway, great job, keep up great work.
My first book I bought at 5 yr old in 1988 at a school book fair was a 1964 atlas that I still have to this day. I used to trace river systems, draw state boundaries, etc... I build geospatial software today so I can say that book pointed me in the right direction.
Since you mentioned having atlases that go back for a while, I'd be interested in a video highlighting any interesting changes/differences over that time. Great vid as always!
I have a large collection of geography books too, but in French. Atlas, guides, maps ... Rather concentrated on France and Europe, but also Turkey, Egypt, Quebec or Morocco. Thanks a lot for your videos ! 🤩
Yeah they're great for seeing creeks and inlets. I'll place them in clear plastic map holders while paddling as I don't want to risk pulling out my phone while on the water.
Man, the National Park brochures. I have a ton of those myself. They're fun to collect. I don't know if you do the Passport to Your National Parks stamps, but if you don't, you most certainly should. You would love it. It is just such a rush tracking down all of the different National Sites and getting your book stamped for each one.
Love this video Kyle! Maybe something similar that would be interesting is a video about different career paths for those of us that love looking at maps and related stats like those covered in the March Madness series.
I'm not sure about now, but in the 90s and early 2000s CSUN actually had one of the best geography departments in the US. That's what got me to move there from the Central Valley
I used to have all of the AAA Travel Tour guides for the states and provinces. I think they had one for Mexico, as well. They were pretty cool. Maps are definitely better the old school way. Kudos!
Hello your highness. Thanks for the tour of your royal geographical library. I enjoyed it. I like political geography, so my favorite atlas is the Hammond version. I enjoyed learning of your 1940 Appalachian Trail guide. I also live in Tennessee, only 10 minutes from the trail in a valley where I can see a ridge where more than a day of hiking the trail is on top. I enjoy finding the old parts of the trail that have been decommissioned. One suggestion you might like are a series of books the Department of State published. Each book was a complete history and geography of a country. I am a reservist who was mobilized for Desert Storm and worked in the Pentagon. I found these books in our office library and devoured them during the war. Really good and designed for decision makers. I think you would enjoy them if the State Department still puts them out. Another book I think you might enjoy is a book on how streets in New Orleans got their names. Streetcar Named Desire is named after a street named Desire. I always enjoy your videos, please keep going.
I have a 1950 Crams Unrivaled World Atlas. It has population, economic, and other information for each country from the time in addition to the maps, and the 48 USA states without interstate highways. I love it so much.
I always like reading the encyclopedias, they are updated every even numbered years....n yes....my love for maps n atlases goes wayyy beyond. U got some great atlases GeoKing.
Just whatever interesting geo books I can find at used bookstores in towns I stop on during the road trip. I don't always find anything but I guess the hunt is part of the fun
the thumbnail reminds me of a kid on christmas morning with new presents
Lol so true though
The thumbnail is hysterical!
Atlases are clearly his Red Ryder BB gun, they won't shoot his eye out but they are even more engrossing.
If that was. Than that must be a very grateful kid
Haha yea
It’s like Kobe Bryant once said: “If you’re not extremely passionate about what you do, you’re doing the wrong thing.”Kyle’s doing the right thing and I absolutely love that. Keep it up Kyle!
When Geography King is happy, I am happy
Same here
Dude Kyle is so damn wholesome lmao. He absolutely loves his books.
@TexasPoonTappa SS nice car
@@TheShadowGov thanks my dude
I know right
Atlases got me interested in geography. Geography got me interested in history, anthropology, geology and a lot of other earth sciences and humanities. Even with the internet I enjoy opening an atlas and looking at the world.
Me too!😁
Map Addicition - I've had it myself for decades, hope I never get cured. Respect my fellow data fiend freind
An hour can fly past unnoticed, while I’m looking at maps.
Dude, you remind me of when I was 12 years old in the 90s and I’d read atlases for fun on car rides. So cool to see someone has this much love for maps in 2021! Favorite channel
My girlfriend who is a geography fanatic is infatuated with Kyle. I need to step my game up. Another Great video. 😅
Mr Steal yo Girl Kyle coming through
Just break up with her now and save yourself the heartbreak. No one can compete against Kyle
Mine aint
I'm infatuated with him, too lol
Rofl
The humor in this thumbnail perfectly exemplifies why I love this channel
And that folks is the magical feeling that experiencing travel can give you too... We just see a bunch of books, but he remembers the details of being there! Get in the car and go see stuff!
Wow! That's so awesome you have all those geography books & atlases! When I was a kid I always loved looking at atlases & maps so much that my dad would buy me a map from any place his job sent him & I was always excited getting a new one. Still to this day, I have a duffle bag full of different maps & atlases.
That sounds pretty cool. I used to have a ton of old folding maps of cities but lost them in a fire.
OMG! This librarian loves your library and your love of it 🥰🥰
How do you not have more subscribers??? Your content is so wholesome and educational, you are genuinely just a good content creator. Keep up the awesome work
Thank you!
Geography King new sub here. Randomly came up in my feed. Wow
Jackpot 👍🎉
So true
Pretzel Logic! Always with the Steely Dan, Kyle! You rock!
The Royal Scam is on the shelf above it.
You're right! I didn't notice because of the glare. I see it now!
Kyle I think I speak for many when I say I wish you were my geography teacher growing up. Your passion is infectious! Long live the king!
I love watching you because I never knew there were people like me how was such a nerd for geography also those atlases you buy each year are great I really enjoy just reading them. Thank you very much for your videos.
It's nice to hear from other geo nerds!
Amazing collection! Mine pales in comparison hahaha
Yeah but you'd whoop me to high heaven at geoguessr!
When our kids were both in college we downsized. As a result, I donated about 150 large maps that I had laminated. They loved them but that thought I was a lunatic. I still keep 15. I still have two paper boxes that have the really nice maps, and travel books. They weigh 30 pounds each. Keeping them because they don't expire.
Nice to find another map lover!
I have somewhere north of 350 maps and charts. The largest part of the collection consists of the Nat Geo maps that were included in copies of the magazine. Some date back to WWII and the most recent are probably from the '70s. There are also a bunch of state and city maps and a few real antiques including a 1956 NC map that is only 6 years younger than me. Interestingly, it looks very much like current NC maps but is very noticeably missing the interstate system.
I've often thought about framing the NC map between two sheets of glass so both sides can be viewed, but simply don't have any wall space to hang it.
Most of my maps live in a wooden box that I built and which serves as our coffee table. It has an elaborate 14 inch diameter, 32 point compass rose wood burned into the top with eight point roses on the ends, with the word "MAPS" on the long sides.
We are probably going to be downsizing and moving to the beach in a couple of years so she wants me to get rid of the maps but retain the box to use as the coffee table. It looks pretty good, even if I do say so myself.
That's so cool that you are also into meteorology! I'm in school right now studying to be a meteorologist! Wish me luck
Good luck!
Immediate thumbs up. Even before I start watching the video. Geography King IS KING.
Thanks for sharing your collection and all your videos. I used to hide my map addiction, didn’t know there was so many others with this condition!
Wasn't expecting to see the salamander book, but not at all surprised to see Steely Dan on the shelf. 😁 Love your stuff & thanks for sharing!
This is amazing. Whenever you see someone talk about something they love, research and live, it gives such a strong energy to everyone around or listening. I felt this. Love this video, maybe not for the content, but for the producer
The Geography King is a fan of Stephen King! Potential video idea: The Geography of Castle Rock and Derry, Maine! Great video!
We noticed that too. Lots of Stephen King.
Thanks for taking your bookshelf apart for us Kyle! I kept feeling bad like, "he's going to have to put all these back in order!"
It probably took me about 2 hours to place them all back because I kept stopping to read as I was doing it
I am so jealous oh man, that is seriously an awesome collection Kyle nice one!!!
I love how you can see how much he loves geography and sharing his passion with us! Thanks Kyle!
Geo King with his epicness
You seem so happy!!! Keep it up, King!
I do love this stuff
Glad I’m not the only one who studies maps of locations as I read or watch videos!
When I watch travel or sailing videos I ALWAYS have Google Maps open in a tab. I also have a 16 inch globe right beside my desk that I find myself referring to at least weekly, usually more, because you can't really get the relationships of places on the earth with flat maps.
It is nice to know there are still so many of us.
Yep, when I was 6 years old I got my dad's world atlas out of his book shelf (as huge as the one you showed) and was gone in my mind for hours. Never met anybody else who had this feeling about maps, so wonderful to see your passion! Keep it going Kyle!
I think it would be interesting if you could make a video about different applications of Geography in the job world. For example, you could talk about remote sensing, what it is, and what it’s used for. Geospatial intelligence is another interesting application of Geography knowledge. Love the videos! Keep it up!
I actually have a video from a few months ago about careers in geography. I go over a lot of various applications within geography.
I stopped buying Rand McNally Atlases maybe 15 years ago, because everything was available on the evil computer. I really enjoyed looking at them and thought what the hay and pre-ordered the latest RM Atlas while watching your video.
Awwww man, this video is for the Super Geo Nerds!! 😍 📚
(My fiancé also still has a ton of his Geology and Geography textbooks, with myself keeping my art history and coding texts as well!!)
I love the passion you bring to your TH-cam channel. Keep it up man 👍🏽
I'm a long time map & geography fan, new to your channel. Love your enthusiasm & information. I inherited my late father-in-law's old maps & atlases & it's interesting to see all the changes in our states. Plus I have my own atlases.
Thanks and Welcome to the channel!
In the late 80s/early 90s, in the SoCal area of California, there was a book of maps made for the area and used by residents. Really detailed pages of the area. For example, if 3 people from different areas wanted to meet, someone would say "Let's meet at page 65, Grid 4-C" and it would get you close enough to meet. Do you recall those? I ran with the Hash House Harriers and that is how we would meet up to start our runs every Saturday.
*edited* After posting the above, the name finally came to me. They were called Thomas (Brothers) Guides. If you are the least bit interested in how the L.A. / Orange Co. area of California changed over the years, they make for interesting reading. New ones were published every year.
I have the one for Monterey Bay area. Great maps.
Rand McNally made maps like those until the mid-2000s. I was fortunate to pick up one of the last ones of the Chicago area from 2005. Now used ones go on eBay for HUNDREDS of dollars.
You are definately not boring. Lusrening to someone talk about amything that tgey are passionate about is slways interesting. That is why I enjoy your videos, you get so excited I imagine you could make any subject fascinating to your listeners. Thrilled to see so many others who live geography too!😁
I love reading my atlases and maps as well! Thanks for showing your collection.
I ❤️ my Delorme Gazeteers! When I was a kid, my family had the NG Atlas of the World and I used to lay it on the floor and read it for hours!
So neatly organized, I am jealous. I also love to see other people who love books as much as I do!
I've always loved maps and never managed to meet anyone with the same affinity. I've been very impressed with your content since discovering your channel. You are THE geography king. Fantastic thumbnail, also.
I have a similar bookshelf and I can never throw out a map. Looking forward to your future video covering Acadia NP where you’ll pick up another pamphlet to add to your collection. New Brunswick has a nice NP as well on the Bay of Fundy if u want to go up the Maine coast even farther. But then you’d be tempted to go even further up to Nova Scotia, Cape Breton and Halifax. But then maybe you’d be able to get Sarah Maclachlan in a video.
I'll be in Acadia in August. First time visiting
This man is a legend. He has so much knowledge of his land, he’s been all over and knows it so well. He will never be lost. Respect.
WOW! Very nice library, especially the older books. As a bibliophile myself, I can understand your passion.
Thank you!
I love maps and I liked seeing all your books. Makes me not so embarrassed by my ever growing collection of travel books. Never heard of Bradt Guides - so now I have more I can buy - thanks Kyle ;-)
I see you repping the USC shirt! 🐓🐓💪💪 Love your enthusiasm with all things geography!
I cannot stress enough how hard I was smiling when I saw that thumbnail and watching your enthusiasm.
Omg that was so fun! I'm really jealous of your library! Thanks for the tour.
Loved the NP fan you did at the end :)
I love this video!!! I've gotten rid of most of my geography textbooks, unfortunately. I still have my Atlas of landforms which I'll bet you would absolutely love. We move so much we don't keep all our old road atlases that I've been getting them for about 30 years. I do still have a couple of textbooks on physical geography and the environment, but mine are so darn old (early 80's). When we travel we always have a road atlas with us as well because cell phone coverage is not reliable. Thank you for reminding me about those Gazetteers - I'm going to have to get a whole bunch of those!
I'd love to have all of the gazetteers!
I loved looking at maps as a kid. My aunt had a subscription National Geographic and after she finished them, she gave them to me. About every two months the magazine included fold out maps, which I collected in a box. As former USAF F-16 pilot I worked with maps professionally many years. I also got many of topos, especially the kind for driving my Jeep Wrangler in New Mexico and Arizona for a total of 15 years. Very interesting tour--I'm jealous of your library!
Hey Kyle, it's Andrew on my new account. Gotta love that thumbnail! Pure geography love. Great collection. I knew I wasn't the only kid that used to "play" with atlases. Lol
There need to be more of us! I have no idea what got me into atlases but I was just drawn to them early on.
This made me want to hit up goodwill and used book stores to find geography books
I have a collection of Rand McNally atlases for every year back to 97 except 98. I usually get one atlas to use and one to put in my collection. It is pretty interesting to see the freeways that weren’t there back then
That signposts and settlers book looks so cool, I hope there is something similar for the eastern side, or even my state! I really liked this video dude, nice collection.
There's one for the middle Atlantic states but it's not a common book
What fun. I'm a Photoshoper and am a total nerd about all my stuff. BTW, when dating my hub of 40 years, he introduced me to Steely Dan. Best studio band of all time. Pretzel Logic with headphones is sheer perfection. A touch of the divine.
You should add the Maine Delorme Atlas and Gazetteer to your collection. Delorme is based in Maine, and the Maine version is the original state atlas of the series. Also at a much higher scale than most (if not all) of the other states! This atlas has a long history of hanging out in Mainer's trucks to navigate backwoods logging roads. Just remember, as you probably already know, many of Stephen King's Maine locations are fictitious. Awesome collection though! I too collect NPS brochures. Great videos, keep it up!
I loved the World Reference Atlas! I own at least two additions (pre- and post- cold war)! In high school and college, I was such a geography nerd that I read through them, tackling one or two countries a day for several months!
Kyle I loved this video. I'm going to buy an Delorme Atlas and Gazetteer for Pennsylvania. I go hiking a lot with my girlfriend and this would be perfect.
They're really good maps,especially for outdoor stuff.
Love this video! This brings back a lot of fun memories. The atlas that got me into geography at a young age was National Geographic's "Our World" picture atlas (1990). Nice, colorful maps with a decent level of detail on each group of countries along with a concise inset for each country with basic facts: flag, capital, population, largest city, etc. There was also a picture or two from each country depicting culture, terrain, flora/fauna etc. It was my first real window to the world and I pored through it endlessly; it was simplified enough that as a grade schooler it didn't feel like an overwhelming amount of info. There was a second version of it printed in 1994 and I remember comparing the USSR/Yugoslavia in the old version with the post-Soviet additions in the second one to keep up to date.
Also loved going over road maps. I would go to AAA as a kid and get free local maps of every city they had in the Bay Area along with state maps and Tourbooks (which had great information on each state) to the point where I'm sure they got tired of seeing me, lol.
Lol I did the same thing with AAA. I was pretty young so I think they thought it was "cute" that a kid would want all those maps and didn't seem upset even though they were technically for people going to those places
This is some wholesome content. I am not really deep into geography, but I travel a lot and try to collect informational stuff about the places I visit.
Wow, you and I would get along great. I have all of the big Atlases in your bookcase, plus about 20 more.
I could spend hours just paging through them. Also, a very good series of historical Atlases came out several years ago. They were always heavily discounted at bookstores, so bonus for me!
One thing about the US Roadmap Atlases is that they really need to make them very durable. Thin paper is not going to cut it. We used to live in Eastern Pennsylvania, and those pages were tattered to pieces.
Yeah I end up getting the new ones after a couple of years of use at home and on trips
Just before you pulled out that old Nat Geo hard cover atlas I was having flashbacks-from as young as I can remember, I was barely even bigger than that book, but I would pull it off the shelf and lie in front of it on the floor and study it for hours. I knew nearly every country’s map before I could do subtraction. And I remember being maybe 4-yrs-old (it was before I was in kindergarten), looking at a map and I asked my mom to show me where we lived; then I asked her to show me where my best friend lived (she lived four houses away), where my aunt/uncle/cousins lived in California, and I was so fascinated by it all and by how much information there could be in one image. And each time I looked at a map it seemed I discovered more information. So I kept looking, and looking more, and the information never ended so I never quit looking...
Love the thumbnail lol, so wholesome
Love this show. I have a BA in Geography from UT Austin. Love paper maps and those Atlases.
Love seeing folks who are passoniate for something. Kyle your videos are great.
YAY PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY!!! My most favorite class at University ever!
After moving to Michigan from Texas almost three years ago, I finally had the opportunity to take my family to Sleeping Bear Dunes a couple weeks ago, and when you flipped through your NP map collection, I caught an oh-so-brief glimpse of your Sleeping Bear Dunes map! Such a beautiful place...
I enjoyed this. I'm obsessive about my geography texts, atlases, maps, gazetteers, and cartography textbooks before the advent of desktop GIS. And we share the same alma mater: I'm California State University, Northridge, BA in Geogaphy in 1979. I'm glad to follow you!! Chuck.
Thank you so much for this video. It helped us to determine that The International Atlas by Rand McNally was the very best gift we to give to a young family member, even though it's the 1991 edition and doesn't have all of the current countries and their capitals. It's a fantastic book for geography lovers. Thanks for your story about when you were young and looking at it. Your enthusiasm was encouraging.
Kyle what would be really cool to see is your travel map- all the places/countries you’ve been to
I'll be doing a video real soon about mapmaking websites and applications. It's going to include my travels map and how to make your own.
@@GeographyKing That sounds super exciting!!!
Excellent! Loved seeing your books. I saw Sleeping Bear in your national park guides. I'm from Michigan and visit every year (month, actually).
It's all fun and games until you have to hike back up to the top lol. Great place to visit.
Hi fellow traveler and CSUN grad. Love, love your channel, your presentations, your excitement! Such a refreshing and informative series of videos. It is so nice to leave the negativity and repetition in general media, to watch one of your fact-filled uploads.
We love geography and world travels; we’ve been to 112 countries so far, plus 40 states + Guam + Puerto Rico. Of course, we started travels long ago. In fact, we used to give travel to our children, rather than toys, starting age 5 to 15. Do you keep count? Love seeing new places. This Covid lockdown meant, we could not go anywhere for 14 months (unusual for us). I too keep travel books, maps, trivia books and the national parks brochures (LOL, crazy, i’m not alone). Do you teach geography? Anyway, great job, keep up great work.
My first book I bought at 5 yr old in 1988 at a school book fair was a 1964 atlas that I still have to this day. I used to trace river systems, draw state boundaries, etc... I build geospatial software today so I can say that book pointed me in the right direction.
That’s dedication right there!
best thumbnail ive seen from you kyle !! haha
This is so cool. So many great reads. I have a friend hiking the Applachian Trail right now, and I'd love to have that book.
Since you mentioned having atlases that go back for a while, I'd be interested in a video highlighting any interesting changes/differences over that time. Great vid as always!
Neat that you included the picture of you as a kid with the big atlas book.
I have a large collection of geography books too, but in French. Atlas, guides, maps ... Rather concentrated on France and Europe, but also Turkey, Egypt, Quebec or Morocco. Thanks a lot for your videos ! 🤩
Lots and lots of MAPS and the infamous Spiny Shell! Culture. As a Californian looking for cheaper housing, I like this all VERY much
literally the best video you ever made
Great stuff Kyle! I didn't know about the gazetteer, sounds like a great resource for me as a kayaking enthusiast
Yeah they're great for seeing creeks and inlets. I'll place them in clear plastic map holders while paddling as I don't want to risk pulling out my phone while on the water.
I got hooked on geography when I was 5 and it’s great to see you talk about your books which are truly fascinating. I’d love to look through them.
Wow.. you have a great collections.. 👍👍👍
Thank you!
Man, the National Park brochures. I have a ton of those myself. They're fun to collect. I don't know if you do the Passport to Your National Parks stamps, but if you don't, you most certainly should. You would love it. It is just such a rush tracking down all of the different National Sites and getting your book stamped for each one.
This is way more entertaining than it deserves to be and I mean that in the best way possible
Love this video Kyle! Maybe something similar that would be interesting is a video about different career paths for those of us that love looking at maps and related stats like those covered in the March Madness series.
I love the lonely planet collection you have. It's the best travel book IMO.
CSUN! Me too! 1979. I’m from Woodland Hills. By the way, I just finished reading “How the States Got Their Shapes.” Highly recommended.
I'm not sure about now, but in the 90s and early 2000s CSUN actually had one of the best geography departments in the US. That's what got me to move there from the Central Valley
Thank you for sharing! I found the topography one for Tennessee online and it will come in helpful when I drive all over the state in a few weeks.
I used to have all of the AAA Travel Tour guides for the states and provinces. I think they had one for Mexico, as well. They were pretty cool. Maps are definitely better the old school way. Kudos!
Hello your highness. Thanks for the tour of your royal geographical library. I enjoyed it. I like political geography, so my favorite atlas is the Hammond version. I enjoyed learning of your 1940 Appalachian Trail guide. I also live in Tennessee, only 10 minutes from the trail in a valley where I can see a ridge where more than a day of hiking the trail is on top. I enjoy finding the old parts of the trail that have been decommissioned. One suggestion you might like are a series of books the Department of State published. Each book was a complete history and geography of a country. I am a reservist who was mobilized for Desert Storm and worked in the Pentagon. I found these books in our office library and devoured them during the war. Really good and designed for decision makers. I think you would enjoy them if the State Department still puts them out. Another book I think you might enjoy is a book on how streets in New Orleans got their names. Streetcar Named Desire is named after a street named Desire. I always enjoy your videos, please keep going.
Thank you for the recommendations. I'll have to check those out!
fascinating, I have an interest in geography books as well.
Not boring at all! This is one of my favs!
I've had many Wisconsin Gazeteers over the years. They always get beat up. Ironically, I could get lost in it for hours, lol....
Thank you for making these interesting video.
I have a 1950 Crams Unrivaled World Atlas. It has population, economic, and other information for each country from the time in addition to the maps, and the 48 USA states without interstate highways. I love it so much.
That sounds pretty cool. I love old atlases.
I always like reading the encyclopedias, they are updated every even numbered years....n yes....my love for maps n atlases goes wayyy beyond. U got some great atlases GeoKing.
There are always more to collect! I'll probably get some more on my road trip next month
@@GeographyKing the 2020 version?
Just whatever interesting geo books I can find at used bookstores in towns I stop on during the road trip. I don't always find anything but I guess the hunt is part of the fun
@@GeographyKing oh ok bro.....thanks much. 😊
I like the Mario shell! great vid!