The Yu Ji Tu is a map made by an unknow Chinese mapmaker under the Song dynasty (907-1276). It was carved in stone and employs the Ji Li Hua Fang, a rectilinear grid system well ahead of its time.The stele was made in honor of Yu, and represents with an exceptional precision the rivers and the coastline of China.
New Zealand Map 1921
This map shows New Zealand with mountain features in pictorial relief. It was emitted by the New Zealand Lands and Survey Departement and drawn by W. Deverell in 1921.
World Map centered in Buenos Aires
This map uses an equidistant azimuthal projection. This type of projection consists in defining a central point and represent each point of the map at a correct proportional distance from the defined center. This map is centered in Buenos Aires.
Gastronomic map of France, 1929
Alain Bourguignon drew this gastronomic map of France in 1929. This map includes the culinary specialties, productions, agricultural cultures, wines and champagnes, beers, fish, and the gastronomic heritage of all regions from mainland France
Geographical Atlas of the Argentine Republic
This is the second edition of the maps that were published in 1887 in a geographical atlas of the argentine republic. It contains maps of every provincia of Argentina and a map of Buenos Aires.
Brasil, Rio Grande do Sul: Wall Map
The 99x104cm map is suitable for a classroom’s wall. It includes the morphology, topography, hydrography, geomorphology, infrastructures, demography and external political boundaries of the state as it was in 1966. The scale is 1:750 000.
Japanese map of Pearl Harbor attack
Mitsuo Fuchida made the map of the battle report of the Pearl Harbor attack on the way back to Japan. With other pilots of the squadron, and military staff, he draw 60 ships and hand colored them in green, blue and yellow watercolors. The colors and other notes provide the type and size of the ships, and the level of damage.
Japan Map 1886
A very detailed map of Japan, published in Kyoto in 1886. This map presents an incredible amount of detail, illustrated tourist sites, and a lot of informations and charts.