{"id":1785700,"date":"2018-05-31T15:07:58","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T19:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1785700"},"modified":"2018-05-31T15:07:58","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T19:07:58","slug":"alejandro-polancos-lost-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/05\/alejandro-polancos-lost-worlds\/","title":{"rendered":"Alejandro Polanco’s Lost Worlds"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Speaking of lost islands, invented places, myths and mistakes, our friend Alejandro Polanco’s latest project is this poster map of lost worlds\u2014he calls it “the fantasy map I always dreamed of.” See his blog post<\/a> (in Spanish) or the project’s Kickstarter page<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Over the last twenty years, in my work as a graphic designer and mapmaker, I have enjoyed reading numerous books on lost continents, mythological animals, phantom islands and cartographic errors. However, I have never found all those ingredients gathered in a single fantasy map. That’s why I decided to create “Lost Worlds,” a poster in which I have compiled some of the main details about lost continents, historical errors on famous maps, islands that once were believed to really exist, fantastic animals.\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0. The documentation work has been meticulous and, for the final design, I have chosen the cases that I consider to be the most representative. It is, in short, a map to feed our imagination and our dreams.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Like his previous project, Minimal Geography<\/a>, it’s full of inset maps and descriptive text. The main map locates lost continents, phantom islands and cryptid creatures; the inset maps include examples of old maps that contain the sorts of imaginary and erroneous features Edward Brooke-Hitching covers in The Phantom Atlas<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alejandro is, as I mentioned, crowdfunding this map on Kickstarter<\/a>, where it’s already past its (nominal) target. Available as a digital download; prices start at \u20ac6 (higher tiers include other products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Speaking of lost islands, invented places, myths and mistakes, our friend Alejandro Polanco’s latest project is this poster map of lost worlds\u2014he calls it “the fantasy map I always dreamed of.” See his blog post… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,110],"tags":[111,105],"class_list":["post-1785700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","category-map-errors","tag-phantom-islands","tag-posters","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1787101,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/02\/the-minimal-geography-atlas\/","url_meta":{"origin":1785700,"position":0},"title":"The Minimal Geography Atlas","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"15 February 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"Our friend Alejandro Polanco's latest project is The Minimal Geography Atlas, a collection of 40 thematic maps. 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