fuck yeah cartography!

raygun-gothic:

Regions of the Known Galaxy [WiP]

‘This is one of the few things I think I can show from the DarkConduit project, which continues apace but in secret; it’s a map of the galaxy, divided up into informal regions in homage to Star Wars. The regions have no relevance to play, but are an aspect of the lore. While the galaxy is actually split into sectors for gameplay reasons, I thought it likely that the game world’s inhabitants would name some of their (rather large) galactic neighbourhoods as well.

Many of these regions are named similarly to constellations, such as The Cradle and The Beacon; others bear more alien names, or names which suggest their makeup, as with The Core and The Furnace.

I’ve marked the map as a work in continuing progress, as while the content is probably sorted, I have yet to add some attractive frames. The legend is looking a little bit plain as well, but I intend to work on some symbols and an overall, decorative theme once the other maps in this series are finished.

The Milky Way painting underlay is by Liam Nicholson.’

mythologyofblue:

A new chart of the sea coast of Scotland with the Island thereof (ca. 1702-1707)

moonjunk:

The Carta Marina, by Olaus Magnus (1539).

“The Carta Marina by Olaus Magnus (1490-1557) is the earliest detailed map of the Nordic countries. It took twelve years to finish. The first copies were printed in 1539 in Venice. Its existence had long been considered apocryphal, until a copy was discovered in Munich in 1886. Another copy, found in Switzerland in 1962, now resides at Carolina Rediviva, Uppsala, Sweden.

The map is divided in 3×3 sheets with the dimension 55x40 cm (height×width), each made from a separate woodcut block. The notes on the map in Latin were translated by Olaus himself into Italian and German. Magnus’ Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus (A History of the Northern Peoples, 1555) is a much larger commentary on the map.”

roomthily:

Map tiles with 1,000+ residents

That’s the contiguous United States, colored at each point by the zoom level of the smallest enclosing Google Maps tile wherein 1,000 or more people live, according to 2010 block-level Census data. Periwinkle represents zoom level 14+, navy blue 13, yellow 12, dark green 11, and so on.

via datapointed

thingsmissfrizzlewouldwear:

She’s kinda a CFWG (what with her blog title and all) but the dress is gorgeous

stealcollective:

“North and South America circa 1890”

tundra-and-lightning:

Brooklyn, 1879

themapsap:

Florida by Nicole Duquette

mypantsareonfire:

lava map of vesuvius 1832