Fabulous Map Facts

𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐩❓

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐩, 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. Let’s take a look at some of the ways maps are awesome.

🗺 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬

Chances are any map you’ve seen has North at the top. Although this all too common compass is the norm now it wasn’t always the case. Once upon a time placing East at the top was the soup deut jour. talk about being turned around.

🗺 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚, 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐩𝐬❗

The 1507 Waldseemüller map, which is first map to depict the word “America” sold for a nice low sum if 10 million dollars. Yes you read that right it’s the 10 million dollar map.

🗺 M𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐥𝐝

this whole map craze isn’t a new one. The oldest known map is 16,500 years old and not of the landscape but of the stars.

🗺 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐩𝐬

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.

🗺 𝐌𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐞

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.

🗺 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 (𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐨) 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 that’s old

🗺 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 ❞𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧❞ 𝐦𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐝

The first printed map wasn’t 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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