Maps Inchoate

Fig. 16. From a drawing of a hill with contour lines added to a contour map. Popular map reading, 1928 (via nemfrog)

Mattaeus Seutter, Vienna Metropolis, c. 1730 +

Desire Lines turns a walk in the park into an exercise in memory, a way to traverse sentiment. It encourages us, just as de Scudéry did in 1654, to make emotion into a physical journey, to see the way a space becomes ours—our own Cartes de tendre. (via theparisreview)

Prevailing winds. The chemistry of creation : being a sketch of the chemical phenomena of the earth, the air, the ocean. 1850. (via nemfrog)

Here are maps of Mars and Venus from Aleriel or A Voyage to Other Worlds by Wladyslaw Somerville Lach-Szyrma, 1883. (via danskjavlarna)

Fig. 3. Simpson’s Alphabet Analogy - illustrating the creative force of natural selection. From fish to philosopher. 1959. (via nemfrog)

Paris from the air, 1734, Bretez/Turgot (via lessadjectivesmoreverbs)

Zoomorphic illustration from the 12th-century manuscript Boethius, De musica, f.43v. De musica contains many beautifully-drawn diagrams, most illustrating the various musical intervals and their mathematical ratios. Some are further enhanced with animal forms (as here), musical instruments or human figures.  (via turnbullrarebooks)

Mean annual temperatures, Yaggy’s graphic record, 1887 (via nemfrog)

Asia, the Greatest and Highest of all the Continents, 1920 (via intheheatherbright)

Birds-Eye View from Summit of Mt. Washington; White Mountains, New-Hampshire, 1902 +

Olaf Martens, from Patina (via mpdrolet)

Map of the world printed in 1483 in Brescia, Italy. Roman Ambrosius Macrobius, who lived circa 395 to 436, wrote a commentary on Cicero that included a fictional account, “The Dream of Scipio,” in which the he could see the Moon, Sun and planets orbiting Earth. Through the dream, Cicero postulated the existence of a vast southern continent. Macrobius’s commentary was republished in 1483 with maps drawn from the manuscript. (via articulum)

Map of Manhattan shows the view from the top of the Empire State Building, with a key identifying notable buildings and other features. Empire state building observatory. 1950. (via nemfrog)