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Map Monday

A Traditional Globe Maker is Making 3-D Versions of Historic Martian Maps

This German company specializes in planetary spheres based on antique maps.

Lauren Young August 8, 2016

This Map Proves Britain Loves Tea More Than Anyone Else

The British Isles desired to best China as the tea drinking capital of the world.

Atlas Obscura August 1, 2016

This Century-Old Map Details the Path to Musical Success

Tips to avoid the River of Failure.

David Doochin July 25, 2016

The Most Popular Sea Creature in Cartography

The ominous octopus is a key figure on many propaganda maps.

Lauren Young July 18, 2016

This Map Shows How the Presidential Election is 1888 Repeating Itself

The election was fought over trade.

Atlas Obscura July 11, 2016

Navigating the Confusing Terrain of Love With a 350-Year-Old Map

This French map was a feminist take on the path to a woman's heart.

Urvija Banerji June 27, 2016

This illustration of a butterfly contains a secret map

The Founder of the Boy Scouts Hid Maps in Insect Drawings

Can you find the secrets in these bug illustrations?

Atlas Obscura June 20, 2016

Tall Travel Tales from 17th-Century Mexico, Mapped

Giovanni Careri traveled far and wide, or so he said.

Tao Tao Holmes June 13, 2016

A 19th-Century Cartographer Crammed All of Human History into this Map

It presents important events from the beginning of time as rivers flowing into and out of each other.

David Doochin June 6, 2016

35.1559° N, 136.0599° E, Tonsai Fujita, Ezo Kokyo Yochi Zenzu, Tonsai Fujita Royo, Hashimoto Ransi Shukuzu, 1854.

These Stunning Maps Highlight the Tricks in a Cartographer's Toolkit

The 10 techniques that help convert our 3-D world into maps.

Lauren Young May 23, 2016

Identify Any Tree in New York City With this Map

What kind of trees grow in your neighborhood?

Urvija Banerji May 16, 2016

Convolution

Map Your Murderousness With These 19th-Century Brain Charts

The mysterious Alesha Sivartha had a formidable collection of phrenology maps.

Lauren Young May 9, 2016

Get Hypnotized By This Interactive Map of the Winds

Using live meteorological data, it shows every wave and gust on the planet.

Eric Grundhauser May 2, 2016

A 19th-Century Map of Our 'Square and Stationary' Earth

How could the world be spinning? Wouldn't we fall off?

Ella Morton April 25, 2016

Can You Spot all the Sea Monsters in this 16th-Century Map?

Beware the leviathan, and also that monstrous water pig.

Urvija Banerji April 18, 2016

space exploration

This 17th Century Map of the Skies is Bursting With Mythological Creatures

Feast your eyes on a stunning, hand-illustrated star chart from 1670.

Urvija Banerji April 11, 2016

Lose Yourself in this Atlas of the World's Lost Cities

Cities that continue to stand long past their glory days are particularly poignant.

Urvija Banerji April 4, 2016

Inside the Packed Showrooms of a Prolific Map Collector

With 24,000 maps and 760 globes, Murray Hudson's cartographic stash is full of treasures.

Urvija Banerji March 28, 2016