Scott Simmons sent us this. “This is a puzzle from BRGM in France showing a geologic map of France: its geographic AND geologic. The puzzle was a beast and took almost a month, but a finished picture is not nearly as fun as the effort in work. Yes, the wine […]
Monthly archives: April 2023
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Reinder sent me this tasty looking cheese board. “After the presentation, we were offered a drink and a few bites. The cheese board [is that English? Please correct me if I’m wrong] has the shape of a schematic town plan of the city of Amsterdam. Not very accurate – but […]
Elizabeth has been travelling in India for a few weeks and wherever she went she spotted maps in the wild. This is from Good Earth, a clothing store in Delhi which specialises in hand crafts from around India. The map shows the different regional craft specialities.
Marc-Tobias spotted these maps at Berlin Südkreuz train station. I like the way the cut out photos of people are superimposed looking at the maps and old pictures of the station.
This world map sent by David Benoist can be found in La Rochelle, France. Should we create a foundation to preserve this piece of art?
Today I have a bumper post for you. Jill colchester is a friend of a friend. She shared these with me. “I was given a bunch of oldish maps so wondered how to use them. And not wanting to waste the paper began drawing and painting on them for an […]
Special day today (just for me, getting one year older) I took this shot in June 2019 in the famous Canarby Street in London.
Greg Fiske took a great shot of the roof of this shelter for passengers waiting for the Woodshole ferry.
Ties and bowties in the London National Army Museum gift shop. Credit: Barry Ruderman (raremaps.com)
Love the maps on the walls of this dolls house classroom in the Spielzeugmuseum, Munich. Great to see all the kids engaged in their Geography lesson! Credit: Barry Ruderman (raremaps.com)
Kathy Hart brought our attention to this beautiful mosaic map of the original topography of Manhattan Island at Battery Park subway station, NYC. I love the way it is an oblique perspective and the use of different coloured tiles for the topographic shading.