{"id":1817206,"date":"2023-07-11T11:24:58","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T15:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1817206"},"modified":"2023-07-11T11:24:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T15:24:58","slug":"map-men-on-why-north-is-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/07\/map-men-on-why-north-is-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Map Men on Why North Is Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why is North up?\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B14Gtm2Z_70?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B14Gtm2Z_70\">The latest episode<\/a> of Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones\u2019s all-too-infrequent series\u00a0<em>Map Men<\/em> looks at why north is at the top of modern maps, and features examples of maps where this was, or is, not the case, and why.<\/p>\n<p>For something a bit more &#8230; academic, see Mick Ashworth\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/1851245197\/maproom-20\"><em>Why North Is Up: Map Conventions and Where They Came From<\/em><\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/bodleianshop.co.uk\/products\/why-north-is-up-map-conventions-and-where-they-came-from\">Bodleian<\/a>, 2019).<\/p>\n<p>Previously: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/06\/the-origins-of-north-at-the-top-of-maps\/\">The Origins of North at the Top of Maps<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/09\/the-idea-of-north\/\">The Idea of North<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest episode of Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones\u2019s all-too-infrequent series\u00a0Map Men looks at why north is at the top of modern maps, and features examples of maps where this was, or is, not the&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/07\/map-men-on-why-north-is-up\/\">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":[29],"tags":[617,1590],"class_list":["post-1817206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-cartography","tag-map-men","tag-north","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1785166,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/03\/callum-ogdens-fantasy-map-of-north-america\/","url_meta":{"origin":1817206,"position":0},"title":"Callum Ogden&#8217;s Fantasy Map of North America","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"22 March 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"Last year Callum Ogden started making real-world maps in the style of fantasy maps; his most recent is this map of North America, which is very much in the post-Lord of the Rings-movies style of things.\u00a0In this Medium post he talks about the process of making it.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Maps and Literature&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Maps and Literature","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/maps-and-literature\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/callum-ogden-north-america.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/callum-ogden-north-america.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/callum-ogden-north-america.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/callum-ogden-north-america.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/callum-ogden-north-america.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2289,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/06\/a-fantasy-map-of-north-america\/","url_meta":{"origin":1817206,"position":1},"title":"A Fantasy Map of North America","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"22 June 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"The latest map of the real world done in the style of fantasy maps (remember: fantasy maps have a distinct style), at least that I've encountered, is this map of North America offered by Etsy seller Aoraki Maps. (They also have one of the southeastern U.S.) The style is very\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"aoraki-fantasy-north-america","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/aoraki-fantasy-north-america-1024x734.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/aoraki-fantasy-north-america-1024x734.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/aoraki-fantasy-north-america-1024x734.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/aoraki-fantasy-north-america-1024x734.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1787547,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/08\/cartographic-beasts-of-north-america\/","url_meta":{"origin":1817206,"position":2},"title":"Cartographic Beasts of North America","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"1 August 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"Cartographic Beasts of North America is an interactive story map from the Harvard Map Collection. It zooms in on various mythical and real creatures embellishing a 19th-century copy of a 17th-century map of North America, ranging from cows and beavers (real) to hippocampi and manitous (um, not). [Maps Mania]","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antique Maps&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/cartographic-beasts-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/cartographic-beasts-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/cartographic-beasts-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/cartographic-beasts-1024x576.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1789658,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/11\/lord-of-maps-more-real-world-fantasy-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1817206,"position":3},"title":"Lord of Maps: More Real-World Fantasy Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"22 November 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"Here\u2019s another map artist who draws maps of real-world places in the style of fantasy maps: Isaac of Lord of Maps has around 30 maps\u2014mostly of U.S. states, but also a few countries and one city\u2014available for sale as prints of various sizes. Style-wise they\u2019re dead ringers for Christopher Tolkien\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/lord-of-maps-ky-1024x499.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/lord-of-maps-ky-1024x499.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/lord-of-maps-ky-1024x499.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/lord-of-maps-ky-1024x499.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6161,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/11\/miniature-maps-and-minchiate\/","url_meta":{"origin":1817206,"position":4},"title":"Miniature Maps and Minchiate","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"24 November 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"The William P. 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