
Fabulous Map Facts
๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฉโ
๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ, recognize it as more than just information but as a form of art. The way the colors blend together. The way the information is given through visual splendor. Indeed maps are more than just meets the eye. Letโs take a look at some of the ways maps are awesome.
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Chances are any map youโve seen has North at the top. Although this all too common compass is the norm now it wasnโt always the case. Once upon a time placing East at the top was the soup deut jour. talk about being turned around.
๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐, ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ฌโ
The 1507 Waldseemรผller map, which is first map to depict the word โAmericaโ sold for a nice low sum if 10 million dollars. Yes you read that right itโs the 10 million dollar map.
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this whole map craze isnโt a new one. The oldest known map is 16,500 years old and not of the landscape but of the stars.
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Map sales have been on a steady rise for the last 2 years. Increasing from 666,000 in 2019 to over 765900 in 2020. 15%
Increase.
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Paper towns is a practice amongst cartographers where they purposely insert fake towns. They do this in order to tell if anyone commercially copies or plagiarise their work.
๐บ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ (๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ) The oldest, surviving, world map is map of the Holy Land, it puts Jerusalem smack nab in the center. the Imago Mundi was created approx. 700 - 500 BC. Now thatโs old
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The first printed map wasnโt a map by its self but appeared in an atlas in 1472. (Before this they were hand drawn)
Well now that you have some awesome #mapmonday facts be sure to stop by our store and pick up some map art. And stay tuned for next Monday for some more #mapfacts.
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