I grew up around artists, politicians, messy kids, ex-cons, cranky neighbors, activists and community busy-bodies. I was 4 months old when my parents moved our family from the suburbs to a house just two blocks shy of the projects in Knoxville, TN. Growing up, I never felt like my normal wasn’t “normal.” We were people learning and growing with the community around us. And Knoxville? It was changing. A slow, steady, thoughtful change. Over the years Knoxville has flourished in so many different ways while continuing to push for even more change. There were definitely moments when I thought for sure I would move. What can a small town like Knoxville offer me as an artist?! It turns out...a lot...even a living making art. I’m grateful for Knoxville and all of the ways it has taught me to love, learn, listen and grow. I was born/raised here, I've learned difficult lessons here, I've celebrated wins here, and I've felt the love of a honest/supportive community. Knoxville is home.

Knoxville, TN

This map was created at the end of a year living as a British expat in Hanoi, Vietnam. We had so many requests from friends planning to visit Vietnam that I thought I would make a list of recommendations of our favourite things all in one place! I hope others can enjoy it too.

Vietnam Through Our Eyes

Relief shown as combined hachures, shaded relief, and hypsometric tints; bathymetry also tinted.

Indochina. (insets) Tonchino (North Vietnam), Bangkok, and Singapore.

Indochina (1952)

García Cubas, Antonio, 1832-1912.

Ethnographic map surrounded by illustrations

Created / Published
México, Debray Sucesores, 1885.

Maps have border illustrations, including portraits. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Form AACR2: ga36 2008-02-06

Atlas pintoresco é histórico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos - Etnografia

Art in Hanoi is a map of my favourite creative places and projects in the incredible capital of Vietnam from a year of living there as an expat from the UK in 2018 - 19. The places on this map are everything from incredible cafes serving the best cocktails alongside exhibitions of international and local artists, contemporary galleries, residency programmes partnering with traditional family-run ceramic studios and many more. Hanoi is bursting with creativity and is well worth exploring - even from your sofa!

Art in Hanoi

This place is special to me because I took the leap to move to Hanoi, Vietnam from the UK to have a (drastic!) change of scene and rediscover my creative voice. I am passionate about sustainable fashion and joined Fashion Revolution Vietnam to promote ways of enjoying fashion sustainably through exhibitions and events. I have discovered so many amazing ethical designers, second hand boutiques and winding markets which many people don't know about here, so I wanted to share them through this playful map to begin the adventure for someone else...

Sustainable Fashion in Hanoi

Black lives matter is now a movement around the world, mainly in the United States. It shouldn't be considered a "fire on the other side of the river"(Japanese way of saying "none of our business"). However, I also feel that it hasn't quite hit people living in Japan because there are fewer inspirations or triggers that made us take action. But we can start thinking about what we can do and improving the world to be a better place. This is a map that depicts 1.3km from Nijo St. to Shijo St. in the Kamogawa river area in Kyoto. On the Westside, I wrote the lyrics for The Beatles "Blackbird." On the Eastside, I wrote the full speech of "I have a dream" by Martin Luther King Jr. that was given on the steps of Lincoln Memorial in 1963. You will find the song and the audio of the speech in the Pins. During the process of making this map, I measured the distance of the length where the march took place, which is from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial, to apply the same range to Kyoto. By walking through this section using the map, you can experience how people felt during the march 57 years ago. Paul MacCartney stated that the "Blackbird" of the Beatles was made for black women simultaneously (in 1968). Let's take our time, feel March on Washington, and think about the movement that is happening now. I hope Kyoto will continue to be a place where diverse values, cultures, and races meet forever.

BLM MAP in KYOTO or WASHINGTON D.C. / #Music map

Take a tour of Revolutionary Paris, the home of the last queen of France, Marie Antoinette. Begin your tour at Versailles, a city within a palace, to witness the splendor of court life. Visit Tuileries Gardens where once stood the palace where the King and Queen were under house arrest. The Louvre used to hold the royal treasures, but became a museum during the Revolution. Eat at Café Procope, the oldest cafe in Paris, where the leaders Danton, Robespierre, and Marat met to discuss plans. You can eat at several establishments which serve Marie's favorite pastries, pistoles chocolates, and apple tea. Drive by and see the architecture, or visit the other sites which represent the more vivid parts of the revolutionary war that were inevitable, the change which was necessary to bring representation to all classes of people. Finish your tour by driving north to St. Denis Basilica, where the remains of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette are interred. This map was inspired by Antonia Fraser's book, Marie Antoinette: The Journey.

The Paris of Marie Antoinette

Pocket map sheet 43x60, folded into pictorial cover 12.5x8. Shows 11 districts, street. parks, rivers Landmarks and tourist attraction. Includes compass rose oriented with north toward the upper right, legend, list of the 11 districts and alphabetical index to places on the map. On verso: Tourist information in English and Vietnamese.

Thu do Saigon. (cover title) Ban do thu-do : Map of Saigon. 1970.

Saigon (1970)

The Vintage Around Town Guide (VATG) is a partnership of vintage shops in Austin who come together for the purpose of cooperative marketing. We print an annual shopping guide that is distributed throughout Austin that includes shops that are 85% or more vintage/antique goods.

AUSTIN IS A VINTAGE MECCA: 29 VINTAGE SHOPS AROUND TOWN

Growing up in Tanzania, I have fond memories of visiting our country’s various national parks and game reserves. My father used to fly bush planes such as Cessnas and Pipers from our home city of Dar-Es-Salaam to take us to the Serengeti, Mt. Kilimanjaro and Selous Game Reserve. I vividly remember being in awe of witnessing the great wildebeest migration in the Serengeti and the snow atop Mt. Kilimanjaro. Tanzania’s wildlife and warm culture is a beautiful ode to the rich culture that is a mix of Bantu and Arabic influences also known as the Swahili Coast. I hope this map evokes a sense of exploration and curiosity in you. Karibu Tanzania!

National Parks of Tanzania

Humorous pictorial map by R. D. Handy showing the adventures across the United States, with illustrations and descriptive notes. Paul Bunyan, holding title cartouche on lower left. Includes illustrations "Beginning of Golf in this Country" when Paul stood at the lower end of Texas and hit rocks into Florida, and compass rose in right margin, "This pointer is correct except for the three years that Paul turned the world around so North was south and south was north". Notes: "This is to certify that all of the facts on this map are without any change or exaggeration ... Witnessed by Johnny Inkslinger Shot

Paul Bunyan's pictorial map of the United States

中文: 新版《時局圖》, 可能繪於1900年至1904年之間。作者謝纘泰用以表達19世紀末當時西方列強勢力佔侵中國地區的概況。 
English: Newer version of THE SITUATION IN THE FAR EAST (時局圖). Its author (Tse Tsan-tai, 1872-1939) depicted the western powers encroaching on China at the end of the nineteenth century in symbolic form. At the left "to be clear at a glance" (一目了然), at the right, "self-evident" (不言而喻). The bear representing Russia is intruding from the north, the bulldog head with a lion body representing the United Kingdom is in south China, with its tail around the Shantung peninsula (Wehai english colony was the seat of the British bulldog in the first version of the cartoon), the Gallic frog, is in southeast Asia, with an inscription "Fashoda", in reference to Fashoda Incident opposing Britain and France in Africa. The frog has the Hainan Island in its right hand, in reference to Guangzhouwan, and part of the Sichuan in its left hand. The bald eagle representing the United States is approaching from the Philippines (the U.S. had already invaded the Philippines at this time). On the eagle is written "Blood is thicker than water", a reference to U.S. Navy Commodore Josiah Tattnall's saying in 1859. The symbolic Sun behind Japan spreads its rays across Korea onto China, while Japan fishes for Taiwan. Qing Amban is on Tibet and chinese teacher on Mongolia and Xinjiang with turco-mongol man. Some other European countries, following Prussia, are waiting to invade China at the bottom of the map. 
Français : Nouvelle édition de « Carte de la situation politique » (時局圖), avec sur le coté gauche, « qu'on saisit à première vue » (一目了然) et à droite, « Cela va sans dire » (不言而喻). L'auteur (Tse Tsan-tai, 1872-1939) l'utilise pour exprimer l'invasion des puissances occidentale à la fin du XIXe siècle. L'ours représente la Russie au Nord, Le bulldog britannique (dessiné avec un corps de lion dont la queue entoure la Péninsule du Shandong, où se situait la colonie Britannique de Weihai), le Royaume-Uni au Sud-Est, la grenouille (vision britannique de la France), avec l'inscription Fashoda (en référence à la Crise de Fachoda, fashoda incident en anglais, opposant Britanniques et Français en Afrique), au Sud, venant d'Indochine (alors colonie française). La grenouille tient de la main droite l'île de Hainan, en référence à la possession de Kouang-Tchéou-Wan et la main gauche sur une partie du Sichuan. La Pygargue représente les États-Unis au dessus des Philippines qu'ils avaient à cette époque envahi. Le soleil du Japon caché sous derrière le pays envoie quelques rayons vers un fumeur d'opium chinois, allongé au milieu de la carte, tout en tenant d'un lasso Taïwan. Un Amban des Qing est au Tibet et un enseignant chinois, est sur la zone des turco-mongols (appelés Tartares par les européens) de Mongolie et du Xinjiang. Quelques autre pays font la queue pour envahir la Chine (en dessous de la carte) ; Prusse, suivie par d'autres pays européens, Empire austro-hongrois, Italie, Suisse...

Far East Asia (1900-1904)

This place is special to me because it’s charm and delicious food stole my heart. One of the first things I saw in Charleston was a happy family of dolphins swimming in the harbor, which is something I had never seen before.  New experiences like the wildlife made me feel connected to this small city. As we looked over the menu at Fleet Landing I saw a heron outside who was also looking for its dinner. I wanted to make this map highlighting the food we had in Charleston because of the people behind the food who cared about what they cooked and the experience they provided. The restaurants and landmarks I illustrated are just some of the many great places Charleston has to offer.

The Culinary Charm of Charleston

Spaceport Map Remix：SPACE AND OUTER SPACE

Color pictorial map. In English and Finnish. Lithography by Finnish Literature Society of the printer. Highlighting industry, agriculture, wildlife, recreational activities. Shows roads, railroads, air routes, etc. Includes coat of arms, compass rose and inset of Location map.

Finland Suomi

Welcome! On this map, you will find ideas and projects shared by people in different parts of Europe. The aim is to bring people together who use or want to use the practices of placemaking connected to culture. 
This map is an invitation to inspire, connect, and co-create.
Inspire people with your ideas and projects by putting them on the map.
Connect with people and projects you want to join, learn from, or collaborate with.
Co-create with people and projects in your city, country, or in other European countries. 
The themes connected to local culture :
Art in public space (culture-based)
Locality – fest, identity, and heritage 
Place-based cultural celebration 
Social justice – acts to make it right
Call for cooperation

Cultural placemaking

Planned American Flight to the Moon

Planned American Flight to the Moon, 1969

This map won't save our elephants, but it will help. Here’s to a unique insight into an elephant's world, our interconnectedness, new ways of creating hope and getting restless about protecting what we love.
With every map purchased, The Elephant Map Project will donate 100% of their net profits to The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust on their 40th anniversary.
You can purchase the map at the following link: https://www.elephantmap.com/shop

The Elephant Map

Engraved hand colored in outline map of Africa with decorative cartouche, table and text. Published by A. F. Zuerner, printed by P. Schenk. Shows political boundaries, cities, towns, rivers and mountains. Relief shown pictorially. 
Reference: 
https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~297670~90069381:Africae-in-Tabula-Geographica-Delin?sort=pub_list_no_initialsort%2Cpub_date%2Cpub_list_no%2Cseries_no&qvq=q:africa;sort:pub_list_no_initialsort%2Cpub_date%2Cpub_list_no%2Cseries_no;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=16&trs=5211