It's an unique technique to show the world slowly being unveiled by European exploration. Published by Quin in 1846 we see a world still shrouded in clouds and waiting for illumination. (This map reaches up to 1551 A.D.) Would love to see a similar map of first nations/native peoples perspective, who had reached the depths of the Amazon and Patagonia, and even islands of the Pacific, without knowledge of Europeans. #maps #history #map #cartography #Native #america
#Space tip: if you’re ever lost in the inner #solar system, you can just type out the phrase “Optimistic #Aliens measure space typographically” in times new roman and use the dots as a #map
Here on Earth, ~1,000 babies will be born in the next 4.5 minutes.
Data scientist Pratap Vardhan created this data visualization showing where they will be located based on estimated population & birth rates. https://pratapvardhan.com #map #data
Meta, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, and mapping company TomTom have launched Overture Maps Foundation in partnership with The Linux Foundation.
