sculpture – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Tue, 20 Sep 2016 12:22:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg sculpture – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 The Novosibirsk Planetarium Globe https://www.maproomblog.com/2016/09/the-novosibirsk-planetarium-globe/ Tue, 20 Sep 2016 12:22:04 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=2911 More]]> novosibirsk-globe

Apparently the globe outside the Novosibirsk planetarium has some interesting cartographic features. Not entirely sure what Great Britain and Iceland are doing off the coast of the Americas, or where Florida and Egypt have gone off to . . . [Map Fail/Maptitude]

]]> 2911 Bailey Henderson’s Sea Monster Sculptures https://www.maproomblog.com/2016/02/bailey-hendersons-sea-monster-sculptures/ Fri, 05 Feb 2016 17:51:57 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=737 More]]> Sea monsters are a familiar feature of early modern European maps. Toronto-based sculptor Bailey Henderson has rendered them in real life, casting them in bronze and then painting them. It’s incredible work that really does evoke the original. More details at Hi-Fructose magazine. [via]

For more sea monsters on maps, see my review of Chet Van Duzer’s Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps. You should also be aware that #MapMonsterMonday is a thing on Twitter.

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