But did you know that early maps of the region included several imaginary islands scattered ... Isle Royal is there, sure. But places such as Isle Anne and Isle Pontchartrain shown to exist ...

But author Malachy Tallack argues that maps are as much “a cartography ... Tallack takes readers on a journey to imaginary places—mythic islands, mapmakers’ mistakes, mirages, and outright ...

When I was young, I excitedly tore the maps out of new issues of National ... admired Alberto Manguel’s “The Dictionary of Imaginary Places.” Not surprisingly, readers who are mapophiles ...

So maybe it’s not surprising that his incredibly detailed maps of imaginary cities also include fully fleshed-out public transit systems. But it’s impressive nonetheless. Silva, who has no ...

Agloe’s story might be the strangest in the already strange history of copyright traps in maps. Usually, mapmakers don’t invent whole towns out of paper and ink. Usually, they craft more ...

The map, made up of nine pieces of A3 paper, is of an imaginary city called Ty-taniam ... The city has several places that refer to periods of time when Jake was putting the map together.

Poitinger diagramIs a map of the route depicted in the Roman Empire's system of Cruz · Pubricus, that is, a substantial road map. This picture seems to be part of the Poitinger diagram reproduced ...

"There are some modern places, like Ridley, which has tall towers and an RAF centre." Jake's parents, Jonathan Shipsmith, 52, and James Daniels, 52, have also contributed to the map, as well as ...

Still, I intend to keep The Dictionary of Imaginary Places handy, to be consulted whenever I feel the need for a draught of whimsy laced with magic.

"There's something really appealing about a map, you get to see places you've never visited ... cool to see the map of a real place through an imaginary lens." Along with the inherent nostalgia ...