My favourite places and things to do in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Traveling is not only with airplanes, traveling is everywhere, even online…
Recently I have been thinking of an amazing place amid the CORONA situation. 
The world is challenged with the CORONA virus. People are discouraged to go out and most people are already working from home and wearing mask is the new fashion. This is the new normal in 2020. Recently. while trapped at home,  I am thinking of a wonderful place to run away, where it is quiet, peaceful and safe. 
Wonderful travel destinations around LADAKH in North India, Tibet, Himalayas, Pamir, etc.
These places are very challenging to visit. 
I watched the movie ‘3 Idiots’ and I am captivated with a scenery at the last scene of the movie. 
It was a scenery of LADAKH that features its beautiful lake Tso Moriri. 
LADAKH is also said to be the intersection of the ancient Silk Road and Tea Horse Road.
I get so interested in this place that  I did my  research and watched a Korean documentary called “Tea Horse Road”. 
This is a difficult route for merchants who traded at the highest points in the world from the 7th century to the 20th century. This not a typical road, it is so narrow and dangerous  that it said  to be the route that only birds and rats can pass. 

After searching the internet, I wanted to draw a map and share it with you.

This is a video link to share my experience.
If you are interested, you may also look for more videos available on Youtube.

Online travel to North India (traveling is everywhere, even online…)

As my years of university passed by so fast, I wanted to honor some of my favourite places in Chapel Hill. I've laughed, cried, explored, pulled all-nighters, worked, and ate my way through this city, and am happy to be able to call it my home.

Home of the Tar Heels: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

大阪圖

大阪市・キタ (1872)

Farrow's map of Manhattan is full of interesting details well rendered,
all of which contribute to an outstanding design and makes this map one of the best pictorial maps of the 1920's in the United States. This appears to be the only major map that Farrow designed. He died young, at age 40. The title cartouche is covered by the printed label which also appears on the map envelope (not present with this copy). Some copies do not have the printed label covering the cartouche.

A map of the wondrous isle of Manhattan. Designed by C.V. Farrow. The continuation of the map of Manhattan showing the northern part, 1926. Copyright, 1926, By Fuessle &amp; Colman.

ニューヨーク - マンハッタン (1926)

道路や施設が色分けされてカラフルです。19世紀中頃には、3本しかなかったロンドン市内の鉄道網ですが、20世紀初頭のこの地図では、縦横無尽に張り巡らされているのが分かります。1863年には世界初の地下鉄も開業しました。

Central London, north east. Stanford's Geographical Establishment. London : Edward Stanford, 26 & 27, Cockspur St., Charing Cross, S.W. (1901)

ロンドン (1901)

JAPAN CITY PLANS 1:12500 KOISHIKAWA

米軍地図：東京中心部北部 (1946)

1 atlas : 4 col. maps ; 25 cm. Cover title. Lithograph. In Japanese and
English. Orientation varies. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
Includes distance charts, charts of mountains, rivers, lakes on verso.
Includes preface and legend. East Asian Library call number: Cb153.

Dai Nippon Teikoku tetsudo senro meisho annai chizu = Guide to railways in Japan, with maps of the Northern Hemisphere, Manchurea & Corea : Kitahankyu ichiranzu Man-Kan ichiranzu chirishohyo / Aso Etsuzo. Meiji 38 [1905]

大日本帝国鐡道線路名所案内地圖 (1905)

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

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

インドシナ半島 (1952)

This is Erhard Etzlaub's second printed European roadmap from 1501, the so-called Landstrassen map. It is very similar to Etzlaub's earlier Romweg map, which was the first ever printed european roadmap. 
Photo by User:Neitram taken in 2008 in the Mercateum in Königsbrunn, Germany. 
（<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Etzlaub_Romwegkarte_5.jpg">ウィキメディアコモンズ該当ソース</a>より）

ヨーロッパ南北逆転 (1501)

地層の時代が塗り分けされた地図です。1914年に完成することになるパナマ運河の計画図が掲載されています。太平洋と大西洋の間の運河計画は当時、ニカラグアルートも候補に上がっており、そちらも区分図として描かれています。
（参考：WikiPedia：パナマ運河） 
 Lithographed geologic map, color with 12 inset maps. Relief shown by spot heights. Some inset maps are topographic maps showing relief by hachures and spot heights.

Nord-Amerika. Ubersicht von Nord-Amerika. (with) Virginia-Silber-Mine n. (with) Das Yosemite-Thal. (with) Landenge von Tehuantepec n. J.C. Spear 1871. (with) Landenge von Nicaragua. (with) Die Krater des Turrialba. (with) Landenge von Panama. (with) Seebod

アメリカ大陸北中部 (1892)

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Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americae Description

アメリカ大陸古地図 (1670)

Americae nova Tabula

アメリカ大陸古地図 (1649)

This place is special to me because it has opened me the doors to the world of whales and has given me inspiration, good friends, illustration projects, work, contacts, relax, adventures and even an art exhibition at the Húsavík Whale Museum! Every time I’m there, I feel like being home and there is always something good to do! Go see the whales, relax at the sea baths looking at the bay, get inspired by the mountains, a coffee or a tasty lobster soup, explore the town museums, walk around the harbor or near the river, or just breathe and feel that you exist! This is my heart’s home, a place where I’ve always belonged to.

Húsavík, the Whale Capital of Iceland

A walk along the Giants Causeway

東京都中央区佃。月島の北端に位置する謎のエリア。いわゆる月島は「もんじゃ」の街ですが、月島の隣にあるのに佃には「もんじゃ焼き屋」は一切ありません。

では、佃で何か飲食したいときにどうすれば良いのか？佃在住歴10年以上の私なりのコメントを交えて、佃にある飲食店を紹介します。

東京都中央区佃のグルメ（飲食店・レストラン・ランチ・カフェ）マップ

香川県琴平町の神社。海上交通の守り神として信仰されている。この時点での琴平駅は現在の温泉街の中にあった。現在地へは1922（大正11）年に移転。

Col. map folded in cover 17 x 13 cm. Lithograph. In Japanese. Oriented with north to the lower right. Bird's-eye view. East Asian Library call number Hb34.

Kotohirayama zu / Fujimoto Chojiro. 6-han. Taisho 8 [1919]

金刀比羅山圖 (1919)

Dadaocheng - Tom Rook
http://www.overthecity.asia/dadaocheng

大稲テイ：台北

This place is special to me because it’s the city where I arrived as an outsider, and left as a local. The map depicts “My Leeds” — the landmarks which helped me navigate the city when I first arrived as a university fresher, and the bars where I spent many incredible nights into early mornings. Known as “the London of the North”, Leeds grew out of Britain’s Industrial Revolution, and its rich, diverse history is reflected in the vibrant and eclectic city we see today. From elegant victorian shopping arcades and architectural splendour, to boozy bar-crawls and toe-tapping music venues, Leeds has plenty to offer the wide-eyed country boy when first moving away from home. No matter how many times I return to this city, there’s always a quirky new bar or restaurant to add to the extensive list of interesting places on offer, and although I may not currently live there, I always consider it to be home. Included in the map are not only the places, but the people who made this city an obvious, unquestioned choice for my favourite place — a place “where there’s music, and there’s people, and they’re young and alive” (The Smiths, 1986).

Young and Alive in Leeds

Bird's-eye view of Vienna from North. Second, unmodified edition of 1640, based on the first edition of 1609. Copperplate print and etching, composed of 3 x 2 sheets. Original size: 795 x 1595 mm. 
Title: VIENNA AVSTRIAE Wienn In Oesterreich. The text
is flanked by the coat of arms of the dukedom (left) and the city Vienna
(right). The fine print at the bottom-right reads Vißcher excudit. I. Houfnagel fecit.. The logo at far bottom-right contains a dedication to Kaiser Ferdinand III. Characteristic features: ・One of earliest bird's-eye views of a city, as opposed to the previously dominating profile views. ・Detailed display of the city and its sourrounding landscape ・Shows the then still medieval appearance of the city before the paradigm shift to baroque style. 
・Shows the nearly finished fortification of the city, intended as a
defense against the Osman Empire. (The part of the old city wall facing
the danube side isn't yet strengthened / rebuilt)

VIENNA AVSTRIAE

ウィーン (1640)

天下の台所として有名な大阪の中心地、北エリア（梅田周辺）と南エリア（心斎橋エリア）の飲食店を紹介するマップです。代表メニューの材料を掲載し、食の多様性に配慮したマップです。

Universal Taste of OSAKA Food Pict Restaurant MAP

Pictorial map of Oxford. "So venerable, so serene, whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Ages." Published by Pictorial Maps Ltd. for the Travel Association for Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Tourist Division of the British Tourist and Holidays Board).

Pictorial map of Oxford. "So venerable, so serene, whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Ages." Published by Pictorial Maps Ltd.

Oxford - 1948

Kamogawa is a representative river in Kyoto. A few years ago, the promenade was improved radically, and it became very convenient for traveling north and south by bicycle. Here is my recommended cycling course! Join me and contribute to the realization of a Carbon-Free Society!

Kyoto Kamogawa Cycling Road Map

Ynys Hir RSPB walking route.
With the mountains of southern Snowdonia to the north and the Cambrian mountains to the south, the Ynys-hir reserve is stunning whichever way you look. Summer brings wading birds, such as lapwings and redshanks and some very special butterflies. Come the colder months, ducks and geese move in.