Maps in the Wild
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There’s something magical about discovering a beautifully illustrated tourist map like this one from Howth. These pictorial gems transform simple navigation into an adventure, especially this one, where you can imagine yourself hunting a treasure on an Island. Thanks, Catherine, for sharing it.
Eugene sent us this – A stylized map of Manila, Philippines on the wall at the Sheraton Manila Bay’s restaurant.
Gaia by Luke Jerram, the sculpture of Earth, is on display at the Old Library of Trinity College in Dublin—photos from Catherine.
Saw this Globular clock at the Islamic Arts Museum in Jerusalem. It was made for La Fontaine, Paris, c. 1880. The clock shows the sun’s location at given time on a map of the world
Jami said “Took our latest visitor on a tour of Whitewater Canyon, New Mexico and hiked the Catwalk. Love the maps carved into the sign. You can’t get too lost in a narrow canyon, though, except where the trail is washed out.”
Robert Simmon shared this, El Chaltén is a village within Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina’s Santa Cruz province.
