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Anciente map of Fairyland. Places from nursery rhymes, fairy tales etc.
- mistrial9 10mo agoYNews hug of death, perhaps
- fractallyte 10mo agoThis map was created in 1917, so sadly it missed out on Lord Dunsany's explorations of Elfland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Elfland%27s_Daughter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Elfland%27s_Daught...). But... seven years separate Dunsany's novel from this map, and as everyone knows, seven is an important number in Fairyland! I declare a Fae conspiracy.
- bryanrasmussen 10mo agowell next year will be 70 years from Dunsany's death, so pretty much everything of his should be in the public domain then. maybe the map can be updated!
- vunderba 10mo agoThat's an amazing picture - sort of reminds me of the Carta marina by Olaus Magnus. [1] Not going to lie, I did kind of chuckle a bit at the part labeled "The Water Babies". The artist is Bernard Sleigh [2]. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carta_marina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carta_marina [2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Sleigh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Sleigh
- grimgrin 10mo agoThis is a nice alternative link because it zooms into a few areas https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/an-anciente-mappe-of-fairyland/ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/an-anciente-mappe-...
- ninalanyon 10mo agoAnd here's a slightly higher resolution copy of the map: http://www.bigmapblog.com/maps/map05/UDAFvbqzPTJKuttc.jpg http://www.bigmapblog.com/maps/map05/UDAFvbqzPTJKuttc.jpg
- j4cobgarby 10mo agoVery cool, does anyone know if I can buy a high quality print somewhere?
- roywiggins 10mo agohttps://publicdomainreview.org/product/an-anciente-mappe-of-fairyland/ https://publicdomainreview.org/product/an-anciente-mappe-of-...
- cgriswald 10mo ago> Tom Thumb is somewhere here but he is too small to draw.
- bananaflag 10mo agoTo anyone who is a fan of Lord Dunsany or Susanna Clarke and who wants to read the most recent iteration of scholarly fae fantasy, I recommend "Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries" by Heather Fawcett.
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