Comments on: There may be maps for these territories.

There may be maps for these territories.

myopicman — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 15:42:29 -0800

Strange maps: the start of a collection of curious cartography found online, be they historic, quirky, practical or fictional.

By: bookish

bookish — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 15:52:49 -0800

Aw gee, these make me glow with nerdy delight. Thanks.

By: joseph_elmhurst

joseph_elmhurst — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:17:17 -0800

Great post. I'm all a-twitter.

By: sindark

sindark — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:21:00 -0800

That map of Manhattan is very useful looking, indeed.

By: Jimbob

Jimbob — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:23:53 -0800

Nice find!

By: Jimbob

Jimbob — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:34:40 -0800

My favourite geographic anomaly - the South Australia - Victoria - New South Wales border kinks and folds back on itself for a few kilometers, then heads due north again.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:05:21 -0800

Magnifique! I'm particularly partial to the United States of Greater Austria.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:12:16 -0800

Oh, and you want messy borders and enclaves, check out the Ferghana Valley.

By: sourwookie

sourwookie — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:11:04 -0800

Where's my map of Qwghlm?

By: BuddhaInABucket

BuddhaInABucket — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:15:41 -0800

interesting

By: LobsterMitten

LobsterMitten — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:27:58 -0800

Outstanding! Thank you.

By: stinkycheese

stinkycheese — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 19:05:47 -0800

I love this site, wow. Thanks a lot myopicman. For those that love the crazy maps, I highly recommend the book You Are Here by Katharine Harmon.

By: tickingclock

tickingclock — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 21:55:13 -0800

Excellent! Thanks!

By: Banky_Edwards

Banky_Edwards — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 22:03:50 -0800

Istanbul: "Damn her, the whore! Sleeping with the Turks" Couldn't have said it better myself. That's a great map, right there.

By: Urban Hermit

Urban Hermit — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 22:41:38 -0800

Thanks for this. But, one minor quibble. I think that there is no such thing as a fictional map; there are only fictional places. And it may even be that there are no true maps, only real places. If so, then perhaps there are really no strange maps after all, unless they are fictional, and no strange places, unless of course they remain unmapped.

By: peacay

peacay — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 01:00:14 -0800

Jimbob, that one's not bad but I prefer the map of Australia's inland sea (small flash presentation). I discovered the wonderful strange maps site last week via another site worthy of a plug, Great Map.

By: Jimbob

Jimbob — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 02:07:47 -0800

That map is brilliant, peacay... Anglicania! Delta of Australia!

By: johnjreiser

johnjreiser — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 07:27:51 -0800

Baarle-Nassau/-Hertog on Google Maps.

By: stinkycheese

stinkycheese — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:36:31 -0800

Let's hope Belgium and the Netherlands never go to war with each other.

By: jason's_planet

jason's_planet — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 19:19:20 -0800

Neat!