grimgrin3 days ago
This is a nice alternative link because it zooms into a few areas
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/an-anciente-mappe-...
ninalanyon2 days ago
And here's a slightly higher resolution copy of the map:
bananaflag3 days ago
To anyone who is a fan of Lord Dunsany or Susanna Clarke and who wants to read the most recent iteration of scholarly fae fantasy, I recommend "Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries" by Heather Fawcett.
cgriswald3 days ago
> Tom Thumb is somewhere here but he is too small to draw.
vunderba3 days ago
That's an amazing picture - sort of reminds me of the Carta marina by Olaus Magnus. [1]
Not going to lie, I did kind of chuckle a bit at the part labeled "The Water Babies".
The artist is Bernard Sleigh [2].
j4cobgarby3 days ago
Very cool, does anyone know if I can buy a high quality print somewhere?
roywiggins3 days ago
fractallyte3 days ago
This map was created in 1917, so sadly it missed out on Lord Dunsany's explorations of Elfland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Elfland%27s_Daught...).
But... seven years separate Dunsany's novel from this map, and as everyone knows, seven is an important number in Fairyland! I declare a Fae conspiracy.
bryanrasmussen3 days ago
well next year will be 70 years from Dunsany's death, so pretty much everything of his should be in the public domain then. maybe the map can be updated!
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mistrial93 days ago
YNews hug of death, perhaps
