An old #music sheet #map of the world - lots of notes and stuff! #cartography -Regarding my other post of the moustaches…I guess this is what they thought of next :)
Available for sale here on Etsy
A collage of old postcards transformed into world map via @SkipCody #geography #map
“A map of the world made from a collage of old postcards, in different languages and with stamps from a variety of countries, on an antique style background.”
#Japan as the center of the world - Japanese world map dated from 1853. #cartography #map
Shintei - Chikyu Bankoku Hozu (Square Map of all the Countries on the Globe); a very interesting 1853 (Kaei 6) Japanese world map by Suido Nakajima.
Creativity: One man’s mental #map of the world via @AndrewShears #geography #cartography
“The image above displays a mental map of the world, as drawn by Dr. Andrew Shears. In his book, A Primer of GIS: Fundamental Geographic and Cartographic Concepts, Dr. Francis Harvey defines mental maps as, “communicating what an individual knows and can draw about some aspect and part of the world. A mental map represents particular geographic relationships based on the experience of an individual.” (Harvey, 14) “
~Harvey, F. 2008 A Primer of GIS: Fundamental Geographic and Cartographic Concepts. Guilford Press
Here is a historic cartographic map by Johann Baptist Homann in 1746 — Planiglobii Terrestris, Mappe-Monde - passed to me via Mr. Gauthier.
Japanese Map of the World and its People circa 1870 #art #map #cartography
“This is an interesting map for many reasons, but the illustrations really stand out to me. On the top right you can see an illustration of a typical “North American,” and on the bottom right you can see a typical “South American.”
Nice interactive map.
“A map of endonyms of the world’s nations – what the people living there actually call their country. See the interactive map at http://endonymmap.com/ and notice the four smaller maps in each corner showing the Anglophone, Le Monde Francophone, the Hispanofonia, and the Arabic-speaking world.
“Some language facts: The most common official or national language in the world is English, with 86 countries or territories. These jurisdictions represent roughly one-third the number of total countries and approximately 30% of the planet’s land area. After English, the most common official languages are French, Spanish and Arabic. Combined, these four languages are used officially in 157 countries, about two-thirds of all countries.”
World Map 17th Century
Description: Foldable map of the world, contained in “The world encompassed by Sir Francis Drake…”, London 1628.
