Allegory, symbolism and stunning colour in Blaeu’s map of the river
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Plaster Relief Map of Sussex…
Playing with Maps: Taking a Tour Through Napoleonic Europe with the Dartons.
Charles Pearson and the origins of the Met, the world’s first underground railway
4-line Whip: A UERL Mapping Mystery
Restoration Comedy: The Highs & Lows of Bookbinding
A Small Specimen of the Biggest Map: Fundraising for Horwood’s Monumental Plan of London
Stingemore Maps – Collect the Set
Everybody loves a good flow chart…
Kerry Lee’s London
Artist and pictorial map maker Kerry Lee created two distinctive maps of London, both of which were revised and adapted over a 20 year period, between the late 1930s and mid 1950s. (Read our two posts about Kerry’s life and work here and here) ‘London Town’ was Kerry’s first foray…
A Tourist’s Guide to Stalin’s USSR
This little clutch of maps and guides was acquired in 1936 by a British tourist in Stalin’s USSR. Some of them bear the original owner’s dated inscription, ‘W. Hackett, 22.12.36’. I’ve encountered some of these publications individually before, and discussed them here. The star of the show for me might,…