The last one from Richard Martin’s travels (and they have been a great set!). “Whilst travelling around, it’s good to have a couple of bottles of wine – this map was spotted at Christchurch airport highlighting the different wine regions.” Can’t disagree with that.
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Richard Martin spotted this camper van. “if you every get lost travelling around NZ, it’s always handy to have a map on the side of your campervan! Spotted in Franz Josef” Meanwhile, I thought Franz Josef was a person so clearly I need some navigation aids.
One more from Richard Martin’s vacation in New Zealand “The Centre of New Zealand – so named because it was a central survey point in the 1800s, can be found in Nelson, South Island. The map has seen better days, but the trig point is pretty cool! “
Another one from Richard Martin’s travels in New Zealand. “One of our favourite places in NZ is Wanaka, South Island – this amazing map can be found on the edge of Lake Wanaka, displaying the lake, surround mountains and some local walks.”
Richard Martin sent us this from New Zealand “Bean around the World – this world map is created from 25,000 Jelly Beans in 28 different colours and flavours! You can find it in the Skyline Viewing Gallery at the top of the gondola in Queenstown.”
Richard Martin sent us this. “Fort Canning Park, Singapore – is a beautiful park in the centre of Singapore, surrounded by skyscrapers, but once inside it’s teeming with wildlife. The hill used to serve as the HQ of the Far East Command Centre and British Army Barracks– with this this […]
Elizabeth spotted this poster advertising the new portrait of author Zadie Smith at the National Portrait Gallery in London. The portrait by Toyin Ojih Odutola includdes an intriguing map background. In an interview Zadie Smith said “And in the map of North West London behind me, which was my father’s […]
Eve Kahn sent me this lovely picture from the Lotos Club in New York, she said “It’s tucked away in an upstairs hallway amid hotel rooms at this private NYC club https://www.lotosclub.org/club-history” The picture shows some wealthy inebriated gentleman drinking in front of a Map of Lotos Land at a […]
My wife saw these at the “A World in Common” exhibition at the Tate Modern recently and thought of me. I am not sure of the context, I think they may be photo collages by Malala Andrialavidrazana, an artist from Madagascar. If anyone recognises them and can tell me more […]
Kris from the Boston Map Society found this map whilst researching for a book on Drink Maps in Victorian Britain. I knew this book of evidence taken in 1897 for the Royal Commission on Licensing Laws would be a goldmine of information for my research on Drink Maps, but I […]
Barry Ruderman form Raremaps.com posted this map in the wild on one of the glass houses at Kew Gardens during the Orchid Festival last year. The Wallace Line is a boundary line drawn by Alfred Wallace an English biologist in 1859 that separates the biogeographical regions of Australia and Southeast […]
My friend Tony Gee has just had a book published on his work with kids over the last 30 years or so, when he sent me the release notes I knew that we had to feature this as a wild Map in the Wild! I asked Tony about the cover […]