Saturday, December 15, 2007

Of maps...

So, on a lazy Saturday morning, I begin an impromtu jouney of maps on the web, it all started with an alternative simplified map of London, then on to the blonde map of Europe, followed by if the world was a tube map (also with explanation) - which could lead to some rather delightful train journeys. Subsequently, I spotted if Australia was the land of the Ring, then checked out the United Pumpkins of America, followed by a map of the WWW.
Geographical fun, from 1869, had various European countries outlining their national stereotypes of the time accompanied by a little poetry.
A political depiction of 1937 .
Synthetica - new world map of new materials (1940)
And finally, a very charming face map

the museums of London

While I knew London was a city of many museums and art galleries, I didn't realise there were 264 of them dotted around the city.
Which leaves Londoners with even less reason to get bored in their home town.