‘Mappemonde Cordiforme d’Oronce Fine’ (about 1534)
Oronce Fine was one of the rare French geographers in the Renaissance to prepare maps of the world. This map is bordered with a handsome Renaissance decoration: two columns support a pediment bearing a Latin inscription signifying “A new and complete description of the world,” interrupted in the middle by a coat of arms of France. Also to be noted is a vast southern land mass (Terra Australis), recently discovered but not yet explored.
Coming soon: a blog posting on mappae mundi. (I know, I know, I still owe you guys posts on the evolution of the tenement form in NYC and also antique geography textbooks, as promised. What can I say. I am easily distracted.)
Coming soon: a blog posting on mappae mundi. (I know, I know, I still owe you guys posts on the evolution of the tenement form in NYC and also antique geography textbooks, as promised. What can I say. I am easily distracted.)
Map image courtesy of Fuck Yeah Cartography. Yeah, you heard me right: Fuck Yeah Cartography. At http://fuckyeahcartography.tumblr.com/ (I had nothing to do with naming the site! But the collection of weird maps in their archives is brilliant.)
Some other tangentially-related-to-valentine's-day maps! (but not found on the Fuck Yeah site)
New York City's subway system in a heart! (of dubious accuracy!)
We heart the subways!
HAPPY SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY!!!
(You had to know that I would work a TEDDY! picture in here somehow!)
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