May 20, 2013
Detail from a map of Earliest Historic Regions and the Birthplace of Civilization, 1906 This is a fine example of cross-hatched hill profiles to indicate terrain in a pleasing, if inaccurate manner.

Detail from a map of Earliest Historic Regions and the Birthplace of Civilization, 1906

This is a fine example of cross-hatched hill profiles to indicate terrain in a pleasing, if inaccurate manner.

2:35pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Z-YkmxlRCJNB
(Notes: 14)
  
Filed under: maps history middle east levant cartography 1906 ancient babylon canaan shading 
April 15, 2013
A view of Budapest from Cosmographiae Universalis by Sebastian Munster, 1550

A view of Budapest from Cosmographiae Universalis by Sebastian Munster, 1550

2:44pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Z-YkmximJSb7
(Notes: 6)
  
Filed under: illustration maps budapest hungary castle books history 
April 12, 2013
A detail from a pictorial map of the Turkish economy, c. 1940. (via Afternoon Map)

A detail from a pictorial map of the Turkish economy, c. 1940.

(via Afternoon Map)

8:10pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Z-YkmxiYIVUX
(Notes: 28)
  
Filed under: maps cartography Turkey Anatolia economy illustration 1940 vintage 
April 8, 2013

A map of Eurasia from Human Use Geography, 1936

(via Bryan Costin)

2:23pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Z-YkmxiDQleK
(Notes: 38)
  
Filed under: maps cartography land use eurasia europe asia vintage 1930s children's books books 
April 6, 2013
Portland’s MAX Light Rail Transit Map in Super Mario 3 Style by Dave Delisle, 2013

Portland’s MAX Light Rail Transit Map in Super Mario 3 Style by Dave Delisle, 2013

6:08pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Z-Ykmxi3vnU3
(Notes: 45)
  
Filed under: maps cartography portland oregon max light rail transit nintendo super mario 
April 5, 2013
The Arctic and Antarctica (or Melancholia?) A mildly frightening map of the poles by Merrit Cartographic, 2012

The Arctic and Antarctica (or Melancholia?) A mildly frightening map of the poles by Merrit Cartographic, 2012

8:06pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Z-Ykmxh-D7V9
(Notes: 74)
  
Filed under: maps cartography Melancholia arctic antarctica armageddon globe poles 
April 5, 2013
A map of London showing thousands of years of history in a single view, by Mike Beehan, 2009 UPDATE - someone noticed this picture is identical to a drawing by Katherine Baxter. I suspect this Mike Beehan fellow doctored the image and tried to pass it off as his own on a cartography forum.

A map of London showing thousands of years of history in a single view, by Mike Beehan, 2009

UPDATE - someone noticed this picture is identical to a drawing by Katherine Baxter. I suspect this Mike Beehan fellow doctored the image and tried to pass it off as his own on a cartography forum.

7:52pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Z-Ykmxh-9F5_
(Notes: 121)
  
Filed under: maps cartography history London UK Caesar medieval modern shakespeare Thames illustration 
April 5, 2013
A classroom scene from Janice In Tomorrowland, 1936 (via Bryan Costin)

A classroom scene from Janice In Tomorrowland, 1936

(via Bryan Costin)

5:15pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Z-Ykmxh_QYOk
(Notes: 10)
  
Filed under: illustration books 1930s vintage maps cartography school futurism 
April 2, 2013
Where’s George? A map of the United States with boundaries determined by the movement of dollar bills, by Dirk Brockmann, 2013

Where’s George? A map of the United States with boundaries determined by the movement of dollar bills, by Dirk Brockmann, 2013

3:32pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Z-YkmxhklzRl
(Notes: 8)
  
Filed under: maps cartography United States money Cascadia 2013 
March 14, 2013
Charlemagne (742-814) standing over a map of Europe, engraved by Hieronymus Wierx in Antwerp, 1580 Of all the conspiracy theories, and they are legion, perhaps none are as mad or ambitious as the Phantom Time Hypothesis, which claims that three hundred years of the Dark Ages, from about 600 AD to 900 AD, never happened. According to the German historian Heribert Illig, the centuries were fabricated by medieval chroniclers, and any contradicting evidence was planted in a massive cover-up. To what purpose? And why did no one notice until 1980? Of course it is wrong - logical and archeological evidence aside, it completely ignores recorded contemporary events in the Middle East and Asia - but the mind reels at Illig’s sheer audacity. Charlemagne never existed! Romanesque architecture is actually late Roman! And where did that pesky Caliphate come from? (image via Idea Rare Maps)

Charlemagne (742-814) standing over a map of Europe, engraved by Hieronymus Wierx in Antwerp, 1580

Of all the conspiracy theories, and they are legion, perhaps none are as mad or ambitious as the Phantom Time Hypothesis, which claims that three hundred years of the Dark Ages, from about 600 AD to 900 AD, never happened. According to the German historian Heribert Illig, the centuries were fabricated by medieval chroniclers, and any contradicting evidence was planted in a massive cover-up. To what purpose? And why did no one notice until 1980?

Of course it is wrong - logical and archeological evidence aside, it completely ignores recorded contemporary events in the Middle East and Asia - but the mind reels at Illig’s sheer audacity. Charlemagne never existed! Romanesque architecture is actually late Roman! And where did that pesky Caliphate come from?

(image via Idea Rare Maps)

4:13pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Z-YkmxgFqAaO
(Notes: 29)
  
Filed under: history conspiracy Charlegmagne Dark Ages medieval illustration engraving maps phantom time armor