And then there was more mappage

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"A Detailed Map of JAPAN", H.E.C Robinson (again) Sydney. 1:2,645,200 scale. Another old school map from the 50's, beautifully drawn. It's not in good condition though, it's falling apart.

There are countless, countless more I could put on, but I'll finish with my favourite.

"Itineraires pedestres et a skis; Au Coeur Du Jura". It's a rather confusing piece of map from 1978, no doubt because I can't read French and online translations are terrible machines. It seems to be a strange cross between a topographic map and a tourist map. It has on the back 'Cartes et guides touristiques', and on the front, 'Institut Geographique National'. Now while I've seen a fair few maps in my time this is by far the most detailed I have ever come across. It is almost ludicrous. A picture can tell a thousand words and this map can tell around about a trillion. Ontop of this, the scale is only 1:50,000, which is 2cm to the kilometre. That's more than enough to find your way around in the dark. Ontop of this, the map is simply gigantic. It's 1.7m long and 1.1m wide...this is meant to be a tourist map! The marines could use it to invade France. But ontop of all this, the map is simply a piece of art. It truly is.

What's that? You want another picture? Very well.

You'd be hard pressed to find a more detailed 1:50,000 map than that.

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