{"id":1789588,"date":"2020-10-23T12:11:02","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T16:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1789588"},"modified":"2020-10-23T12:11:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T16:11:02","slug":"anton-thomass-next-project-wild-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/10\/anton-thomass-next-project-wild-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Anton Thomas’s Next Project: Wild World"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Anton Thomas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here\u2019s what Anton Thomas, whose pictorial map of North America<\/a> was released earlier this year<\/a>, is working on now: Wild World<\/em><\/a>, a pictorial map of the natural world.<\/p>\n

While you won’t find cities or borders on this map, you will find geographic labels. This is important. From mountain ranges to deserts, rivers to rainforests, the labels here offer a detailed, accurate outline of Earth’s natural geography.<\/p>\n

The hundreds of different animals can evoke a feeling of place like few things can. Paired with the labels, this allows the map to be a powerful resource for learning Earth’s basic geography. While, I hope, drawing attention to the beauty and fragility of the natural world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As of this month, Thomas has finished North America and has moved on to South America; he expects to be finished by the middle of next year (which is a lot<\/em> faster than his first map, which took more than five years). The map uses the Natural Earth projection<\/a>. [Kottke<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Previously: The North American Continent: A Pictorial Map by Anton Thomas<\/a>; An Update on Anton Thomas\u2019s Map of North America<\/a>; Preorders Open for Anton Thomas\u2019s North America Map<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s what Anton Thomas, whose pictorial map of North America was released earlier this year, is working on now: Wild World, a pictorial map of the natural world. While you won’t find cities or borders… 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":[49],"tags":[1282,460],"class_list":["post-1789588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-art","tag-anton-thomas","tag-pictorial-maps","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1822223,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/12\/anton-thomass-wild-world-is-out-in-the-world\/","url_meta":{"origin":1789588,"position":0},"title":"Anton Thomas’s Wild World Is Out in the World","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"14 December 2023","format":"link","excerpt":"Earlier this year Anton Thomas finished his Wild World map\u2014a hand-drawn pictorial map of the natural world on the Natural Earth projection\u2014and prints and posters have been shipping out. 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