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There are a few coming up from the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, this place was heaven for map loving air and space nerds like me. This poster dates from the late 1940’s, pretty is an understatement.
This was also in the display at the National Museum of the American Indian in NYC.“Over generations, Native Americans harnessed the potential of natural grasses, trees, bushes, and even cactus to breed edible crops. Today four of the top ten crops that feed the world originally came from Native American […]
Saw this at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York, it illustrates some of the inventions that we take for granted nowadays which originated in America before colonisation. “Native people of the Americas changed the world with their scientific discoveries and inventions. Today their innovations continue to […]
Elizabeth spotted this collection of maps for sale in Covent Garden recently, lots of interesting old maps.
Doug Greenfield shared this “Support your local growers #MapsintheWild Topsfield Fair, northeastern Massachusetts”
“El mapa no és el territori. Una cartografia creativa del Raval” is a piece observable from many physical and imaginary points of view of Raval neighbourhood in Barcelona – from Raf of course, our number one correspondent in Barcelona!
We haven’t had anything from Ken for a while, so let’s remedy that with this 1964 pilot’s guide marked “Not for navigation”
Fish stand inside food market in Reus, Catalunya via Raf. Seems like even the fish want independence
Garrett Speed spotted this shelving system in the Eindhoven Library. “Road and rails as a shelf in Eindhoven’s library, currently displaying 3D prints”
Wijfi said “I think this counts as a @mappery #mapsinthewild even though it’s a pretend place. Seen at #massmoca “Known for her rich aesthetic and highly detailed constructions, Robin Frohardt is a theater and film director whose work uses recognizable materials-often trash- to create richly detailed worlds that consider the […]
Oliver Leroy said “Doing some trains nerd tourism, very hard to imagine how big the industry was before and how fast the change happened #mapsinthewild“ I couldn’t resist some nerdy research and found this