Now, this is what the Mappery team call a Golden Globe! Original credit: Barry Ruderman from Raremaps.com with a few other maps in the wild at the national maritime museum in Greenwich.
I was wandering in Sunny London when I discovered these contour lines at the Japan House London. It was impossible to take a clear shot, so I came back by night, kind of easy in winter, as this is just the end of the afternoon. More information about the exhibition […]
Ken spotted this humorous pictorial map of the gastronimic origins of a range of French delicacies in a small café in Palm Springs.
A fantastic 3D pub sign in the form of a Globe at the World’s End pub in Edinburgh. The exterior walls of the pub formed part of the Flodden Wall that enclosed Edinburgh, beyond which inhabitants used to think the world had ended (which is odd considering the bloody great […]
Visible in the London tube. Here is what one can find visiting the in and out of the Bakerloo Line. And celebrating 8 years in London for me.
Reinder has been on a long run of contributions but this has to be one of my favourites. .. by the Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher; exhibition in The Hague, at Museum Meermanno | Huis van het Boek. See here for more info These really are beautiful stamps.
Siam Sapphire is a Thai rum which my dear friend Mark Iliffe is offering to his dog Freddie as a seasonal toast. Why? Because it has a lovely map adorning the label and anyway, why not? I hope all our Mappery followers and contributors toasted themselves last night, here’s to […]
No that isn’t a typo, it’s a pun Reinder spotted this exquisite camper van in the Hague recengly. He said “Quite puzzling … I saw this van on the Suezkade in The Hague… but the maps concern Vancouver and surroundings. I hope you like it. ” Answer = “Yes we do”