How History Comes Alive With Maps - Interview with Simeon Netchev

Simeon is a freelance visual designer interested in the reasons and motivations that make individuals and societies tick and evolve. His love of history stems from his origins in an ancient town on the Danubian Plain where countless layers of Thracian, Roman, Slavic, Bulgarian, and Turkish narratives still mingle, meld, and intertwine right under one’s eyes and fingers.
Having spent many years in the USA, Belgium, Poland, and now, for the time being, living in Zurich, Simeon’s studies have taken him from anti-aircraft platoon command to Indian linguistics and from architectural design to the restoration of monuments and conservation of towns.
Simeon believes that every picture should tell a story, and every map should lead on a journey. He hopes his WHE contributions will inspire people to explore and experience history with as much fun and excitement as he has when drawing them.
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0:00​ Introduction
0:07 Who are you and what do you do for WHE?
0:51 How did you find WHE?
1:54 How do you make historical maps?
3:56 Do you have a favorite time period?
5:01Why do you think it's important to learn about history?
6:50 How do maps and infographics help with learning about history?
7:43 What's a map that helped you understand a historical event?
8:33 How do you approach making timelines and family trees?
10:01 Do you collaborate with other teams at WHE?
11:18 How do you like our team meeting here in France?
12:10 A message for our followers and supporters?
13:45 Outro
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[@naturalexplorer]

Great stuff. Very interesting processes employed by Simeon. The high quality geographic base used for the creation of his digital maps would be good to know. His historical maps and infographics are superb.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Thank you so much for your kind words. 😊

[@opeyemiibrahim258]

Glad to see who is behind the maps I have been seeing on WHE.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Thanks! Simeon is awesome and we're lucky to have him on the WHE team. 😊

[@douglasmisquita6229]

In 2019, I took a chance and emailed founder Jan van Crabben of Ancient History (now World History) and immediately received a map of ancient Rome to guide me in a book I was writing at the time. The material is always commendable and it's lovely to see the process behind the maps.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Thank you so much for your kind words, Douglas! We're glad we could help you. 😊

[@Davlavi]

Great interview.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Thank you! 😊

[@mrs_varon]

The designs are great! 🙂

[@ironmom87]

👏 Wonderful work! What a great series, getting to meet the people behind W.H.E.

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Thank you! We're so glad that you're enjoying the interviews with the WHE team. 😊

[@nonosh]

Mr. Netchev rocks!

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We agree! Thanks for watching!

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Thanks for watching!

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