chromeishell:

“He had brought a large map representing the sea,

Without the least vestige of land:

And the crew were much pleased when they found it to be

A map they could all understand.”

The Hunting of the Snark – An agony in 8 fits (Lewis Carroll, 1874)

From Deconcrete

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mypantsareonfire:

maps of the south pole

yule bay http://207.191.227.90/~tumblr/c70192s1.jpg
bear peninsular http://207.191.227.90/~tumblr/c74108s1.jpg
mount melbourne http://207.191.227.90/~tumblr/c74193s5.jpg
boyd glacier http://207.191.227.90/~tumblr/c77141s1.jpg
vinson massif http://207.191.227.90/~tumblr/c78082s1.jpg
mount olympus http://207.191.227.90/~tumblr/c80202s5.jpg
the cloudmaker http://207.191.227.90/~tumblr/c84180s1.jpg
ross island http://207.191.227.90/~tumblr/c77190s1.jpg

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Manhattan, New York - 1911

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Typography  on BibliOdyssey

Title pages, headings and letterforms clipped, cropped and isolated
from maps and map publications issued between about 1880 and 1920

Cincinatti, Ohio - 1904

Hallowell, Maine - December, 1889

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Bird’s Eye View of Portland, Maine; c. 1888

full size: 1000 x 754

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fasterdonuts:

Pas de quoi.

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mediumaevum:

From  ‘La Sphere du Monde’, 1549, by Oronce Fine.

You can find more illustrations from this book here.

However interesting these may seem, Fine’s ideas were not original and he was looked down upon by most of his contemporaries. 

“Fine’s scientific work may be briefly characterised as encyclopaedic, elementary, and unoriginal. It appears that the goal of his publications, which range in subject from astronomy to instrumental music, was to popularise the university science that he himself had been taught.”

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robynsmorgue:

The Great Circle (by upload)

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I promise a hand job to whoever finds me a large, clean version of this.

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fuckyeahfictionalmaps:

Chairman Island, from Two Years’ Vacation by Jules Verne.

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trixietreats:

Nazis Up the Mississippi, And Other Axis Invasion Scenarios | Strange Maps | Big Think

Plan Four is the much-discussed invasion by way of Gibraltar-Dakar-Natal-Trinidad, which President Roosevelt’s Good Neighbour policy has tried to defend against. It is based on combining the Jap, German, Italian and Vichy navies, freed by the capture of Gibraltar and Suez. They must fight the Allied fleets somewhere. Invasion pours up the Mississippi Valley.

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Furness, Withy & Co.; Quebec Steamship Co. Sailings December 1911-May 1912

Passenger Service to Bermuda and the West Indies

German print - game-board (1940s)

  -Five Centuries of Board Games BibliOdyssey

“This Annual Report I designed for American University Library carries a nautical theme based loosely on a ship captain’s log. This theme was chosen in order to highlight maps from the library’s Special Collections.” - By: Jonathan Silberman

more: American University Library Annual Report

mypantsareonfire:

Boston and environs 1807 (detail)

large http://207.191.227.90/~tumblr/boston_1807_b.jpg
super large http://207.191.227.90/~tumblr/boston_1807.jpg

(yes, it’s the full map, dumbass)

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