Mapmaker, Mapmaker, Make Me a Map!

[rain_gryphon]

An outstanding article on Wyld's Great Globe. I'd have loved to have seen this. It's a 60 foot tall model of the Earth, built as a side-attraction to the Crystal Palace Exhibition (another one I'd like to have seen). Wyld's globe had the features of the Earth on the inside, along with an ever-changing assortment of mini exhibits about the various places in the world, and who lived in them. The inside was lit with gaslight, which seems claustrophobic and suffocatey, but there seem to have been no problems.

I love that when you exited the exhibit, you did so through a souvenir shop selling a selection of Wyld's globes and maps. He was apparently the first one to think of that. The name makes me think of Nick Wyld, too.

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Oh, this is fun!! Various sorts of graphic representations of data, primarily as maps. It seems to be mostly (perhaps entirely) the work of one man, but is fascinating nonetheless.

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Comments

[thewayne]

The previous head of the astronomy dept had annual holiday bashes at his house in Las Cruces, and he had what was probably a replica of a world map from the 1700s. I could stare at that thing for hours. The projections of coastal geography were way off, and it was just pure awesome!

I'd love to have a copy of that thing. I've got the name somewhere.

[rain_gryphon]

Are you familiar with this? https://www.oldmapsonline.org/

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

Always great to check out fun links!