Tag Archives: Cartography

Go Gargantuan or Go Home

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Earth Platinum, the brainchild of Gordon Cheers, published at the end of February in an edition limited to 31 copies, is the world’s largest atlas. The book is 6 feet (1.8 m) high and 4.5 feet (1.4 m) wide. When … Continue reading →

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Cartography Can Be Fun

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

You won’t find any of these terrific, one-of-a-kind maps in a typical travel guidebook or in a travel magazine Many of these charming cartographical gems are created by professional artists or illustrators, but some of the most engaging maps are … Continue reading →

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A Mapping Mania

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Paula Scher has been creating remarkable, idiosyncratic, enormous, hand-painted typographic maps of the world for nearly two decades. She explores individual nations, cities, transit systems, continents and diverse cultural phenomena through her quirky, whimsical and even visionary one-of-a-kind giant maps. … Continue reading →

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Is It Map Week ?

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Naw, it’s not map week, but maps are… A schedule containing a description of the world, A representation of the whole globe of the earth, or of some particular country upon a plan, or plain superficies. A representation of the … Continue reading →

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Mappamundi

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

The glorious Fra Mauro Mappamundi was created between 1458 and 1459 by the Venetian monk/cartographer/sailor/explorer/adventurer Fra Mauro. The map was commissioned by Portugal’s King Alfonso V and produced at the Camaldolese Monastery of Saint Michael on the Venetian lagoon island … Continue reading →

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…Maps and Letterpress too…

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

“Chartis Graphein” typographic world map by Nancy McCabe of designahoy in Chicago.

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More Creative Cartography

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Thanks to David McCandless from Information is Beautiful.

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