Flanders was famous for lace production in the 1500s and this “lace” map of (and in) Bruges plays homage to that. Obviously an actual lace map would be unable to withstand the elements, but this synthetic one produces a remarkable lace effect. The shot above is backlit by the sky […]
Monthly archives: November 2023
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I figured this “beer wall” at a bar in Bruges filled with bottles and glasses would probably include a map in the wild somewhere. Dedicated to the cause (as Mappery editors are) I decided to hunt for it whilst sampling a few of the beers and some time much later […]
Sometimes a map in the wild is remarkable because of what it depicts, rather than the map itself. The Huisbrouwerij De Halve Maan (half moon brewery) right in the historic centre of Bruges, depicts the route of a 3.5 km crowd source funded beer pipeline that they built to transport […]
I recently visited Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front, where this 1923 map planning the plots for reburials can be found. Situated around 9 km from Ypres on a […]
To mark Armisitice Day, here is a map in the wild of the Western Front spotted at the Pershing Statue near the White House by Barry Ruderman of Raremaps.com. As we remember the fallen this weekend, we’ll post another appropriate map to mark Remembrance Sunday tomorrow.
While we were visiting the fjords in Norway we stopped in Flam and I couldn’t resist this magnificent stone globe rotating in a pool of water.
Firelei Baez is a Dominican artist who paints powerful images on top of archival material, frequently old maps. She was featured at the Louisiana Museum just outside Copenhagen when we visited the intro said: “She paints powerful, poetic images on top of archival material such as maps, book pages and […]
Matt Malone‘s massive midwest mural in the museum (of science, Toledo). Matt seems to love a selfie by a map mural.
Amanda Huber found this fine folio which looks like it contains maps of Minnesota but has a map embossed into the leather itself. I love the way the folder follows what I assume is some section of the Mississippi but I can’t quite locate where.
This fun beer map of Belgium is designed to be coloured in as you sample the beer along with a legend whereby you rate the beer by colouring in the five point scale. Beer and cartography seem to have some natural affinity. Or maybe MITW editors are so keen on […]
Another whisky themed post today, this time from Breckenridge Bourbon in Colorado. I have to confess I needed to Google what the word “Gulch” meant that appears several times on this map. Apparently it is what our North American friends use to describe a “narrow and steep sided ravine, marking […]
Andrew Tyrrell posted some great pictures of this whisky. I love the way they have incorporated a Golden Eagle into the map, and then wrapped the contours around it. Unless of course there is just a massive Golden Eagle shaped hill nearby. Maybe that is two reasons to go and […]