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Strange Maps

kerouac map

Swiss Miss called my attention to this excellent blog called “Strange Maps.” Many of the maps aren’t really strange, but almost all are interesting. Shown is Jack Kerouac’s map of a cross-country trip that served as fodder for On the Road.

Compare Kerouac’s map to this one, the Bellman’s ocean map from Lewis Carroll’s “The Hunting of the Sanrk.”

bellman's map


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Posted: April 3rd, 2007 under blogging, books, writing.
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Comment from Jonas
Time: April 3, 2007, 11:02 pm

I love “Strange Maps”–always something interesting there. Also check out Radical Cartography, and this excellent episode of This American Life.

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Time: June 12, 2007, 6:59 am

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