Reinder sent this pic of the entrance to the Dutch National Archive, he said “It’s hard to see – but these glass doors in the Dutch National Archives in The Hague do contain a cartographic image of the Netherlands”. Instead of through the looking glass, we have through the cartograph […]
Yearly archives: 2024
186 posts
When your Canadian friends have just arrived in London and have settled in. I must admit I am still a bit jealous of their blanket.
Marc-Tobias spotted these designery jeans on his travels in Japan. They are sort of must-have for map loving jeans wearers, you can buy them here
Walter Schwartz sentg us this, he said “Northwestern Mexico, where Baja, Sonora, and Sinaloa provinces are found, has been home to a *lot* of missions since at least 1591. I counted around 100 established in the 1600s and 1700s alone. This picto-map is in the pictured church, La Mision de […]
Derick Rethams spotted this beer mat in his local pub in Maida Vale. For those of you who are interested Southern Hemisphere IPA Northern Monk Collaboration. Motueka and Wai-Iti hops bring notes of lime, stone fruits and citrus, alongside a lofty dry hopping of Eclipse and Nectaron for a vibrant […]
My friend Elizabeth just discovered Stanfords store in Covent Garden, she couldn’t resist sending me a pic but asking me “do you know about this place?” really?!? This isn’t the first time we have featured Stanfords here but it really is the place of pilgrimage for map lovers visiting London.
Reinder shared this pic of Ortelius and his globe by Rubens from his visit to the Plantin-Moretus museum in Antwerp, Belgium. Nice detail
Walking around Parson Green, I discovered this cafe and wine bar, which also sells furniture and cookware. It was too late on a Sunday evening to try it. And the extensive use of the world maps without missing Madagascar and New Zealand is worth a post.
These shots were taken at Lightroom, London’s David Hockney immersive experience. The show comes back on 17 June 2024.
I found this map of Calais when I visited the Halle de la Machine in the suburbs of Toulouse. The map shows the settlement of machines, like the one in the next picture of the famous Minotaur.
Elizabeth spotted these windows from the Ainu Stories: Contemporary Lives by the Saru River exhibition at Japan House in London.
Dean was happy to find @mapsinthewild on BlueSky and shared this T-shirt. Dean It’s a t-shirt from Route 19 Brewing showing the roads of Cape Breton, NS. Damn nice roads, including the Cabot Trail.
Elisha is a Nigerian restaurant near Covent Garden in London. If you look carefully and your geography is fair you can see where the āIā is pointing.
Marc-Tobias has been visiting Hiroshima in Japan and shred these awesome street maps that he spotted. He said: