Category: Maps in the Wild

Angharad Stone has to be one of our most innovative contributors, she roams the world spotting Maps in the Wild and has a back up stock of “objets cartographique” in her wardrobe and apartment, just in case.

Angharad spotted this weird map advertising Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Seville.

Possibly the most unusual @MapsintheWild I have come across. Was a poster for this year’s Holy Week in Seville, found in an old style bodega called Casa Moreno (7 Calle Gazamo). The rest of the bodega looked like this “

Tom Armitage pointed us to this tasty looking gin bottle snapped by Dan Harris before he cracked it open in lockdown desperation.

“Nice bit of map based packaging on this @ShetlandReelGin bottle of rhubarb & bramble we’re about to tuck into. Almost a shame to break into it, but we’re under quarantine & needs must.”

Apparently Shetland Reel Gin is surprisingly fruity and goes to your head fast. Just what we all need.

Cartonaut pointed me at this mosaic map of San Francisco snapped by OnlMaps

Alice Gadney shared this lovely old map scarf (I think the map is old not the scarf). I think she is starting a competition with Angharad Stone but there can only be one winner!

Miss Bytheway shared her pen pots which recycled maps and cans. Just the job to keep you occupied during lockdown!

“The most geography pen pots ever!! MAPS AND REUSING TINS🥫🗾”

Reinder Storm shared this pic taken at the World Forum venue in the Hague.

““I was here” – well … Yes.”

Cartonaut sent me this pic of the map at the entrance to the Hotel Petaluma in Petaluma (surprise!) California.

“Nice local place names on this.

This is the front entrance to the lobby of Hotel Petaluma in Petaluma, CA. Near the center of old town. Adjacent to the entrance is an oyster bar & a wine bar. The map is approximately 10 years old, hand painted”

https://www.hotelpetaluma.com/history

Clare Nolan knows how to get our attention, find a Map in the Wild with a link to football! And she has done it again 🙂

“Bonus globe trophy, at FK Željezničar in Sarajevo. I think it is a trophy from a friendly tournament rather than a major competition. Zeljo are the most successful team in Bosnia and Herzegovina, having rebuilt the club and ground after the war.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FK_Željezničar_Sarajevo

Geke van de Kamp sent me this pic of an exquisite embroidered globe via twitter.com/womensart1

“Embroidered globes made in 19th century by US schoolgirls as a way to learn geography. The globes were only 5 inches high”

Marc-Tobias Metten, co-founder of OpenCageData, sent me this.

“My photo, attached, isn’t the best, we were in the car at a
red light.

https://www.mitmachkinder.de/de/programme–projekte/quadratologo-aktion/
has better photos and background in German.

Münster, Germany.”

Link to an English translation to save you time.