MapCarte 194/365: Three approaches to the U.S. By Richard Edes Harrison, 1940
Richard Edes Harrison’s illustrations and, particularly, his fine illustrative maps have adorned countless magazine articles. This example for Fortune magazine shows three alternative approaches to the...
View ArticleMapCarte 197/365: Tokyo by Benjamin Sack, 2014
Perspective illustrations of cities and landscapes have always been maps that inspire. They tend to be highly illustrative and show places in detail. This example of Tokyo by Benjamin Sack is both...
View ArticleMapCarte 230/365: Lübeck by Alfred Mahlau, 1934
Maps can be used as powerful promotional pieces. When an artist or illustrator with a very unique aesthetic uses maps as part of their work we often see the map design take on strong elements of their...
View ArticleMapCarte 262/365: Map of Venice by Jacopo de’ Barbari, 1500
The very first aerial photograph was taken by French photographer and balloonist Gaspard-Félix Tournacho, in 1858 over Paris. That fact alone makes this map, produced some 350 years earlier even more...
View ArticleMapCarte 286/365: Kii – Kinki 360° panorama map by Masaki Oda, 2009
Japanese cartography is renowned for the quality and craftsmanship of their panoramas. The detail is exquisite and the scenes are so well framed with not only landscape but, often, a narrative of and...
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