There are many maps I have a fable for, but this one is unquestionably the most graceful:
'A Burmese Map of the World, showing traces of Mediaeval European Map-making' (17th Century)
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From 'The Thirty-Seven Nats — A Phase of Spirit-Worship prevailing in Burma' by William Griggs, chromo-lithographer to the king (London, 1906)
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Another map I really hold dear is 'Squirrels highways' by Denis Wood.
'Nervous squirrels, afraid of an attack on the ground, use the phone and television cables as highways wherever the tree canopy’s broken' (From D. Wood's 'Everything Sings: Maps for a Narrative Atlas', 2010)
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Maps drawn in the sand by Tuareg herders from the Sahel region, put on paper by Tuareg informants and modified for publication by French geographer Edmond Bemus
(from Edmond Bemus, 'La représentation de l'espace chez des Touaregs du Sahel', in 'Mappemonde' 1988/3)
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Ferdinando Marsigli's gorgeous 'Mappa Metallographica' (1726).
Drawing of the mining town of Banská Štiavnica, published in the 'Danubius Pannonico-Mysicus' (1726) by Italian naturalist Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli (1658–1730).
It's worth zooming in...
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And these are the most charmingly deviceful maps I have ever seen:
Greenland Inuit tactile maps carved out of driftwood
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Kind of analogic navigation system...
Hand held rotating color map of New York (1923) in black metal box 17x11, 4 cm. deep. in 13 sections, with window to display map sections
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The idea of a map that allows you to feel your way around a coast line is genius.
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i dont see any relation between the wood and what its representing, can someone elabourate?
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i just read a couple articles/blog posts and it sounds like the tactile aspect of the maps is that you were to keep it in your mitten (or pocket?) and be able to compare the coastline you were navigating to the feel of the wooden object in your hand.
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