On Maps
Pictorial Plans of London: MacDonald Gill & beyond
This post is something of a work in progress, so please check back now and again to see if I’ve been able to expand it. So far I’ve tried to...
Pictorial Plans of London: MacDonald Gill & beyond
This post is something of a work in progress, so please check back now and again to see if I’ve been able to expand it. So far I’ve tried to...
Sydney and the origins of 'Becksploitation'
Astute commentators have already noted that the 1939 Sydney Underground map is “strikingly similar” to Beck’s diagrammatic Tube map (see, for example, Claire Dobbin in London Underground Maps). It has...
Sydney and the origins of 'Becksploitation'
Astute commentators have already noted that the 1939 Sydney Underground map is “strikingly similar” to Beck’s diagrammatic Tube map (see, for example, Claire Dobbin in London Underground Maps). It has...
Charles Henry Sanford's cartographic book plate
1892 The Land of the Almighty Dollar, a critical account of the United Sates chiefly based on the author’s travels in New York and Chicago. I’ve been dipping into it...
Charles Henry Sanford's cartographic book plate
1892 The Land of the Almighty Dollar, a critical account of the United Sates chiefly based on the author’s travels in New York and Chicago. I’ve been dipping into it...
Festivals, Signings & Cake
So, the eagerly awaited (by its authors, certainly) A History of the 20th Century in 100 Maps by Bryars & Harper has now hit the shops, published by the British...
Festivals, Signings & Cake
So, the eagerly awaited (by its authors, certainly) A History of the 20th Century in 100 Maps by Bryars & Harper has now hit the shops, published by the British...
Leslie George Bullock: cartoon maps for children
Leslie George Bullock (1904-1971) first cropped up on these pages a couple of years ago, in a post about pictorial maps of London. He created whimsical but informative cartoon maps...
Leslie George Bullock: cartoon maps for children
Leslie George Bullock (1904-1971) first cropped up on these pages a couple of years ago, in a post about pictorial maps of London. He created whimsical but informative cartoon maps...
Altlases of Empire
I seem to have a good selection of atlases of the British Empire at the moment: Thematic atlases became especially popular in the later nineteenth-century, pioneered by firms such as...
Altlases of Empire
I seem to have a good selection of atlases of the British Empire at the moment: Thematic atlases became especially popular in the later nineteenth-century, pioneered by firms such as...