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I had almost forgotten to mention my other nerdy love...
Maps!
Ah, how could I forget (question mark). But no worries, there is plenty of time to catch up on time lost. I have far too many maps to count, many old, few new. They just don't make maps like they used to. This is firstly due to the fact that political geography has changed, and partly due to laziness on the publishers' part.
So anyway, I won't give a big long story on each map I show here, but if there is something to mention, it shall be mentioned. Do note, maps can be quite large, some are huge. Thus, with an A4 sized scanner, it is entirely improbable to post an entire map. I shall endeavour, for all you wanna be cartographers, to encompass the most interesting part/s.
I 'inherited' many maps from my late grandfather, including one of my favourites below. It is a map of the "Malay States" from around the 1950's, though I can't work out an exact date. The scale is 1:1,000,000 (15.78 miles to the inch) and it was compiled and published by H.E.C Robinson (Sydney). The map is almost an art work compared to today's computerised perfection, the printing paper sensational. Surprisingly, while the internal landscape has become more complex, you'll find that the outlines of the Malaysian states seem to be identical.
Click on all the images for a much, much, much bigger image.
I had almost forgotten to mention my other nerdy love...
Maps!
Ah, how could I forget (question mark). But no worries, there is plenty of time to catch up on time lost. I have far too many maps to count, many old, few new. They just don't make maps like they used to. This is firstly due to the fact that political geography has changed, and partly due to laziness on the publishers' part.
So anyway, I won't give a big long story on each map I show here, but if there is something to mention, it shall be mentioned. Do note, maps can be quite large, some are huge. Thus, with an A4 sized scanner, it is entirely improbable to post an entire map. I shall endeavour, for all you wanna be cartographers, to encompass the most interesting part/s.
I 'inherited' many maps from my late grandfather, including one of my favourites below. It is a map of the "Malay States" from around the 1950's, though I can't work out an exact date. The scale is 1:1,000,000 (15.78 miles to the inch) and it was compiled and published by H.E.C Robinson (Sydney). The map is almost an art work compared to today's computerised perfection, the printing paper sensational. Surprisingly, while the internal landscape has become more complex, you'll find that the outlines of the Malaysian states seem to be identical.
Click on all the images for a much, much, much bigger image.
From now the maps are in no particular order.
"Athens & Greece/Griechenland Guide Map". Apparently it is revised every year. But they didn't tell me which year. Around the 70's, Edited by Tassos Vellio (I'm guessing that's a company) and has various scales.
"Roma; Nuova Pianta Turistica". 1973, published by OTO. Includes booklet street directory
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