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from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. "Like The Wizard of Oz, The Hobbit contains many, many maps. Most of them were drawn by Tolkien’s son, Christopher, but Thror’s Map was drawn by Tolkien himself. In the story, Gandalf gives this map to Bilbo at the beginning of the story, the impetus for our hero’s “unexpected journey”..."
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From The Princess Bride. "drawn by William Goldman (if other illustrators made the map, I haven't been able to find a reference to them). The map is a doozy—jammed full of details, landmarks, labels, and with no perspective whatsoever. I mean, the Sun is on this map. The trees are the same size as the ships."
From Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth by the book's illustrator, cartoonist Jules Feiffer (with some author assist).
By UK based illustrator Owen Gatley for Ling magazine, Vueling Airlines’ inflight magazine.
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By Mike Lemanski from a collection of illustrations for a Monocle special on Taiwan, including a map of the island
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From the Flickr photostream of Calsidyrose: circa 1960s seat pocket brochure from Swissair
by Calsidyrose
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Vintage map of Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan. From the Flickr photostream of Calsidyrose. bought a packet of 1960s tourist From a collection of travel ephemera purchased on eBay.
by Calsidyrose
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Map of the ideal city by mid-20th century British illustrator Ronald Lampitt, 1951.
Walking trail by Beegirl, who I discovered is here on Pinterest.
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From Radio, who are working their way through the 9 provinces of South Africa as a set of self promotional postcards.
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Promotional postcard from Radio in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Promotional postcard from Radio in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Detail from a map created for the GQ Swiss Watch Tour from the always wonderful Always With Honor.
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