Jeremy Morley sent this pic of an early map of Mozambique and surrounding territories from the Military Museum in Lisbon. It’s interesting that the map has west to the top (north arrow points right), quite unusual – I’m guessing that the map was rotated to hang in landscape to fit on a wall space rather than cartographic reasons.
Today is the 11th day of our 12 Mappy Days of Christmas, nearly there!! Greg Fiske shared these mappy wrapping bows.
Pun intended!
Paul Hardy sent us this picture of a sundial at Hatfield House. “If you are short of maps in the wild, attached […]
The Great Globe at Swanage, England has been built in 1887. It is one of the largest stone spheres in the world.
