I'm not originally from Orlando, but I like to say that our little family is "from" Orlando since my husband and I both went to school here, met, got married, and had two babies in the City Beautiful. During our time as Orlando residents, we loved to get takeout from a restaurant or grab a drink + dessert from a cafe or pick up fixin's for a perfect picnic and sit together under the warm sunshine in one of Orlando's many green parks. We also have a thing for books and our idea of a lovely day is lounging on a picnic blanket with good reads and great eats.

Orlando: Paperbacks, Parks, &amp; Picnic Fixin's

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

Whether you visit Golden Gate Park regularly or you've never been, this illustrated map highlights the best things to do in one of San francisco's most beautiful locations!

San Francisco Golden Gate Park

This place is special to me because it’s emotionally connected to the memory of my youth. I discovered Berlin at a time when I was figuring out who I wanted to be, so every corner evokes intense emotions, memories and life expectations. I have recently moved back after ten years (who would have thought!). Reencounters can be a little bittersweet. The city has changed a lot, and so have I, but I am pretty sure it still remains one of the big love affairs of my life. Here goes a bit of the old and a bit of the new Berlin, some of my favorite places to share with the many visits you receive when you don’t live in your country of origin. Hope you enjoy the walk!

Berlin, Now and Then

A botanical take on Toronto / Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada, a city of millions but providing many outdoors option nonetheless.

Toronto Botanical Map

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<body>Colorful pictorial map of the London Theater district, commissioned by the Underground Electric Railways Company in 1915, printed and published by the Westminster Press, whose owner and Managing Director was Gerard T Meynell. Border with name of all the theaters in the district. Showing the principal streets and buildings, the theaters, the parks, and the Underground Stations. It is filled with detail of a humorous character, the peculiarities of every district being happily parodied, and it forms an abundant source of amusement. </body>
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(London Theatreland 1915). "The Westminster Press" have exploited me, for the Underground Railway Company, who bid you now come to the Theatre Land - To one of the theartes - Drawn by the hand of MacDonald gill. 1915.

London (1915)

Map shows late nineteenth century Mexico City street names, parks, churches, and points of interest. Includes index to numbered locations and handwritten notes. Inset: [advertisement for] Blake's Book Store, C. de Gante, 8. Scale not given.

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1 map : col. ; 29 x 45 cm.
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Blake's Book Store [1890..1910].

Tourist map of Mexico City Downtown

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City of Madrid. Letts's popular atlas. Letts, Son &amp; Co. Limited, London. (1883)

Madrid (1883)

Bird's eye view of Sydney, New South Wales. Area: from Woolloomooloo Bay to Blackwattle Bay, and from Milson's Point to Moore Park. Shows named and unnamed streets, buildings, wharves, tram and railway lines, parks, coves and bays. At head of map: A. & A. Line. Includes population and some commercial statistics from the 1901 census. Advertisements on verso.

Bird's-eye view map of Sydney

Sydney (1902)

This map print reveals the bones of Christchurch themselves – the streets. Every street of the central city is represented in immaculately detailed type, shown alongside the meandering Avon River (Ōtākaro), Hagley Park and the Garden City’s various parks and gardens.

Christchurch Street Typography Map

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City of Berlin. Letts's popular atlas. Letts, Son & Co. Limited, London. (1883)

Berlin (1883)

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Plan of the city of Dublin. Letts's popular atlas. Letts, Son &amp; Co. Limited, London. (1883)

Dublin (1883)

The Auckland Typography map beautifully represents central Auckland's streets, motorways, rail lines, parks and more in the flowing text of street names and places.

Typography Map of Auckland

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)

Godwin's map is perhaps the largest and most profusely illustrated of all pictorial maps of San Francisco, with comic characters depicting different aspects of the city, a cowboy getting bucked off a horse, a couple dancing an exaggerated Charleston, dozens of whimsical vignettes with explanation text, illustrating both the modern city of San Francisco and its early history, including 1906 San Francisco's Earthquake and Fire. The streets, parks, local churches, schools, and government buildings are drawn to show the visitor. Noted: "The City That Knows How" and "The Ideal Convention City." Includes San Francisco: population, industry, products and postal services, and lists of banks and theaters.

Map of San Francisco Showing Principal Streets and Places of Interest - 1927

Detailed full color pocket decorative map of London, one of the most decorative of all of Tallis' City Plans, on sheet 56x75. Dissected into 18 section, backed with linen, folded into red covers 19x13, with title "Tallis's illustrated plan of London, 1851" embossed in gilt with gilt decorations, on front and blind stamped on back cover, same stamp as front. Map borders with 48 city views, extending to Hammersmith in the west, clockwise to Cricklewood, Hampstead, Stamford Hill, Leytonstone, Greenwich, Peckham, Battersea Rise and Parson's Green. Shows color coded boundaries of boroughs, roads, streets, city blocks, buildings, landmarks, parks and places of interest. Relief shown by hachures. Includes legend.

Tallis's illustrated plan of London and its environs

London, 1851

Pictorial panoramic plan of central part of Moscow. Printed on both sides on sheet 68x60. On Verso: Text and index to places of interest in central Moscow. "L23578." Shows roads, metro lines, rivers, parks. Filled with vignette of major landmarks, museum, sport facilities, concert halls, etc.

Moskva, panoramnii plan tsentralnoi chasti goroda

Moscow, 1975

This is a sightseeing map of Miyama-cho, Kyoto Prefecture, which is famous for its kayabuki villages. It introduces parks, shrines, archives, museums and other places where you can experience the nature and history of Miyama-cho.

Miyama Town Access Map

Color plan of Moscow. Printed on both sides. Text and index to a Sketch Map of Moscow on verso. "L51340." Shows roads, railways, metro lines, rivers, buildings, parks, etc. Vegetation shown pictorially.

Moskva skhematicheskii plan

Moscow, 1974

Georgia is such a magical journey in the fall! The mountains and lakes are like a jewel box with all the changing leaf colors. We just recently started taking our camper and enjoying the serenity of the woods, lakes, campfires and all the beautiful state parks!

Georgia Leaf Watching Road Trip

Part of a series of colorful, printed, watercolor, artistic, bird's eye maps of areas and cities of the United States and Canada. Laminated.

Downtown San Francisco. San Jose / Silicon Valley. Downtown Oakland. (Text) (Tourist Information.)

Downtown San Francisco. San Jose / Silicon Valley. Downtown Oakland (2007)(copied)

Includes a street index, points of interest, and a directory to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Peter's San Francisco Locator. The Birds-Eye-View Map of the Exposition City. Published by Locator Publishing Co.

San Francisco (1914)

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The "Chevalier" Commercial, Pictorial and Tourist Map of San Francisco From Latest U.S. Gov. and Official Surveys. Designed-Engraved And Copyrighted By Aug. Chevalier, Lithographer Publisher, San Francisco ... copyrighted 1911 ...

San Francisco (1911)

A travel guide and map of San Francisco, California. All my favourite things to see, eat and places to visit.