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Cartography & Maps

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I've always wanted to start a collection of antique maps that revealed how the mapmaker thought about the space in which they lived. But I also like maps as patterns, so I've added map related items to this collection as well.

Louis Reith

Kim Rugg / North America, 2012 / Reconfigured map / 55.9 x 39.3 inches

My hands, my world! by Filip Bartos, via 500px

Graphic description of distance from Munich

Hanoi

London

Turn an old map into magnets. Coming to a fridge near you. Very cool.

Game of Thrones Map

Bear

1912 Vintage Map Russia West Siberia

1923 reproduction of a map of the Amazon river originally from 1639

prettymaps (la) by Aaron Straup Cope - 20x200.com (from $60)

Vintage Map Light Shade

black & white astronomy :: constellation print

"From the old homeland to the new homeland"

The world is a great book, of which they that never stir from home read only a page. St. Augustine of Hippo (13 November 354 – 20 August 430)

New York 1879 Map

World Map, 1660

Maps+basketweave

cool idea

Spinning Globe by Joe Ringenberg

Vintage 1930s Map of Texas

Map of Physics, 1939

United States Bookshelf

Ignace Gaston Pardies, Star Map Plate 2: Cetus, Aquarius, Andromeda. etc, Paris, 1693

Maps - A HUGE collection of Vintage Maps online (over 29,000 images) that you can browse and download for Free. High-Res images. Great source for your art and design needs.

love map

Brooklyn Decker, 2009 SI Swimsuit Collection Location: Grenada, Spice Island Resort Photographed by: Rennio Maifredi Collection: Body Painting

Matthew Cusick Oceania, 2012

New York City 240 years ago

Map Print Tee By Tee And Cake @ Topshop

Shauna, 2011 by Matthew Cusick Inlaid maps, acrylic, on panel 45 x 40 inches

GB

Bartolommeo dalli Sonetti, Island of Andros, 1485

You can go your own way

Interesting

1.paint your nails white/cream 2.soak nails in alcohol for five minutes 3. press nails to map and hold VOILA!! 4. paint with clear protectant immediately after it dries also works with newspaper, ect!!

Japan, 1603

Modge Podge a map to a lampshade

maps decoupaged on pails.

map

antique maps

I love maps

Crumpled city map (tyvek waterproof) by Emanuele Pizzolorusso

Typographic Maps

Interior decorating with Maps

Interior decorating with Maps

Interior decorating with Maps