1. Check out this beautiful bird’s-eye view map of St. Louis, circa 1907. From the excellent Big Map Blog (which happens to be a product of our fair city).

    Check out this beautiful bird’s-eye view map of St. Louis, circa 1907.

    From the excellent Big Map Blog (which happens to be a product of our fair city).

  2. allora: fuckyeahlost: The LOST island map by Jonah Adkins, professional cartographer Click-through to see the full size version of the map. WALT!!!

    allora:

    fuckyeahlost:

    The LOST island map by Jonah Adkins, professional cartographer

    Click-through to see the full size version of the map.

    WALT!!!

  3. It is a rare representative of one of the world’s greatest and most enduring mysteries: Where and how did medieval mapmakers, apparently armed with no more than a compass, an hourglass and sets of sailing directions, develop stunningly accurate maps of southern Europe, the Black Sea and North African coastlines, as if they were looking down from a satellite, when no one had been higher than a treetop? 1500s Cartography! click the pic for full res (it’s stunning)

    It is a rare representative of one of the world’s greatest and most enduring mysteries: Where and how did medieval mapmakers, apparently armed with no more than a compass, an hourglass and sets of sailing directions, develop stunningly accurate maps of southern Europe, the Black Sea and North African coastlines, as if they were looking down from a satellite, when no one had been higher than a treetop?

    1500s Cartography!

    click the pic for full res (it’s stunning)