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Jul 6, 2024 11:03 AM

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Maps, Atlases, Cartography

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Jul 6, 2024 11:03 AM

Rough sketch of things that interest me w.r.t maps and atlases:

(1) Maps as wonders/spectacles:

  • Marvels at the boundaries of ancient maps.

  • Treasure maps and locations of shipwrecks.

  • Mapping things below us: caves, tunnels, sewers, the deep ocean.

  • Mapping things above us: ancient cosmography, star charts/atlases, bird migrations.

  • Mythical lands, lost lands/civilizations, lost cities.

  • Nowhere, Non-Places, Elsewhere.

  • Maps and power, e.g. political uses of cosmography, secret maps for war, etc.

  • 1:1 maps e.g. Borges, Eco.

(2) Aesthetics and maps:

  • Impact of maps on literature and writing.

  • Drawing maps.

  • Cartography as an art.

(3) Varieties of atlases:

  • Physical geography.

  • Cultural, historical, and economic atlases.

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9 months ago

Posted this one on the IG: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9RUGLwA9a7/

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9 months ago

so fucking awesome. Thanks for this list!