Maps Inchoate

nemfrog: Frontispiece. Remarks concerning stones said to have...

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 09:54:36 -0700

Frontispiece. Remarks concerning stones said to have fallen from the clouds, both in these days and in antient times. 1796.

uimapcoll: September 30, 1935: The Hoover Dam was...

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 09:54:30 -0700

uimapcoll:

September 30, 1935: The Hoover Dam was dedicated.

This map is impressive in photos, but the colors really pop in person!

Map: Eddy, Gerald A. Panoramic perspective of the area adjacent to Hoover Dam as it will appear when dam is completed. Chicago, Ill.: Union Pacific System, c1931.

Fig. 16. From a drawing of a hill with contour lines added to a...

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 09:54:25 -0700

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 +

Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:40:07 -0700

Mattaeus Seutter, Vienna Metropolis, c. 1730 +

Mapping Central Park

Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:39:02 -0700

Mapping Central Park: Desire Lines turns a walk in the park into an exercise in memory, a way to...

Prevailing winds. The chemistry of creation : being a sketch of...

Wed, 24 Jun 2015 21:04:39 -0700

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...

Tue, 12 May 2015 19:01:09 -0700

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...

Fri, 08 May 2015 16:20:07 -0700

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...

Sat, 04 Apr 2015 16:59:32 -0700

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

Zoomorphic illustration from the 12th-century manuscript...

Sat, 28 Mar 2015 19:59:07 -0700

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...

Fri, 06 Mar 2015 19:22:33 -0800

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

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

Wed, 21 Jan 2015 20:57:36 -0800

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

Birds-Eye View from Summit of Mt. Washington; White Mountains,...

Wed, 21 Jan 2015 20:56:08 -0800

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

Olaf Martens, from Patina (via mpdrolet)

Sat, 03 Jan 2015 13:33:51 -0800

Olaf Martens, from Patina (via mpdrolet)

Map of the world printed in 1483 in Brescia, Italy. Roman...

Mon, 29 Dec 2014 21:29:32 -0800

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...

Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:12:46 -0800

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)

That the earth is round has been proved (1878). A useful...

Fri, 21 Nov 2014 22:00:09 -0800

That the earth is round has been proved (1878).

A useful reminder in Alonzo Reed’s and Brainerd Kellogg’s Higher lessons in English. A work on English grammar and composition, in which the science of the language is made tributary to the art of expression. A course of practical lessons carefully graded, and adapted to every day use in the school-room (New York: Clark & Maynard, Publishers, 1878). (via coffeeanddonatus)

Illustrations depicting the process of comets that appeared in...

Sun, 05 Oct 2014 09:34:28 -0700

Illustrations depicting the process of comets that appeared in 1743 and 1744. [Artist Non identified] ; J. P. Loys de Cheseaux, text author. (via the-rx)

Jupiter: Plate XI. Feb. 2nd, Feb. 4th, Feb. 19th, Feb. 28th,...

Sun, 05 Oct 2014 09:05:32 -0700

Jupiter: Plate XI. Feb. 2nd, Feb. 4th, Feb. 19th, Feb. 28th, 1872. (via nemfrog)