Marvelous Maps and Curious Cartography, Part Three. "QUANTUM SHOT" #817 Link - article by Simon Rose and Avi Abrams "I have an existential map. It has 'You are here' written all over it. " -- Steven Wright Here’s another look at intriguing and sometimes bizarre maps here at Dark Roasted Blend. You can also check out Unusual and Marvelous Maps and Unusual and Marvelous Maps Part Two. There have been lots of fanciful maps depicting countries as unusual characters. (image via) These caricature maps of England and Scotland appeared in the 1790s: (images credit: Yale University Library) Here’s the Korean peninsular depicted as a tiger: (left image via; on the right are antique prints via Museen Koeln) And France is shown in the form of a sailing ship: (image via) Not quite a mythical kingdom, but this map shows a part of the world that certainly proved to be nonexistent as early explorers searched for the Northwest Passage: (image via Princeton University Library) Here we have the USA with each state defined by types of beer: (images credit: Aleheads.com)
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