{"id":4026,"date":"2017-03-08T19:13:22","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T00:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=4026"},"modified":"2017-12-26T16:48:19","modified_gmt":"2017-12-26T21:48:19","slug":"eleanor-lutzs-goddesses-of-venus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/03\/eleanor-lutzs-goddesses-of-venus\/","title":{"rendered":"Eleanor Lutz&#8217;s Goddesses of Venus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4027\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/03\/eleanor-lutzs-goddesses-of-venus\/lutz-venus\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/lutz-venus.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1750,2333\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lutz-venus\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/lutz-venus-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/lutz-venus-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4027\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/lutz-venus-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/lutz-venus-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/lutz-venus-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/lutz-venus-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/lutz-venus-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/lutz-venus.jpg 1750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last year Eleanor Lutz published a <a href=\"http:\/\/tabletopwhale.com\/2016\/02\/27\/here-there-be-robots.html\">medieval map of Mars<\/a> that, while not strictly\u00a0medieval in style,\u00a0was a magnificent application of an ostensibly old aesthetic to a very modern map subject. Now she&#8217;s produced a sequel: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/tabletopwhale.com\/2017\/03\/06\/goddesses-of-venus.html\">The Goddesses of Venus<\/a><\/em>\u00a0is an annotated map that explores the etymological origins of each of Venus&#8217;s features, nearly all of which are named after women or\u00a0female mythological figures. [<a href=\"http:\/\/kottke.org\/17\/03\/the-goddesses-of-venus\">Kottke<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Previously:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/02\/here-there-be-robots-eleanor-lutzs-map-of-mars\/\">\u2018Here There Be Robots\u2019: Eleanor Lutz\u2019s Map of Mars<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year Eleanor Lutz published a medieval map of Mars that, while not strictly\u00a0medieval in style,\u00a0was a magnificent application of an ostensibly old aesthetic to a very modern map subject. Now she&#8217;s produced a sequel:&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/03\/eleanor-lutzs-goddesses-of-venus\/\">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":[3,692],"tags":[788],"class_list":["post-4026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-astronomy","category-toponyms","tag-venus","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1787433,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/06\/eleanor-lutzs-atlas-of-space\/","url_meta":{"origin":4026,"position":0},"title":"Eleanor Lutz&#8217;s Atlas of Space","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"14 June 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"Last week Eleanor Lutz, who gave us an old-style map of Mars in 2016 and a Goddesses of Venus map in 2017, announced her latest project: \"Over the past year and a half I\u2019ve been working on a collection of ten maps on planets, moons, and outer space. To name\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Astronomy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/astronomy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/lutz-solar-system-1024x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/lutz-solar-system-1024x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/lutz-solar-system-1024x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/lutz-solar-system-1024x1024.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1052,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/02\/here-there-be-robots-eleanor-lutzs-map-of-mars\/","url_meta":{"origin":4026,"position":1},"title":"&#8216;Here There Be Robots&#8217;: Eleanor Lutz&#8217;s Map of Mars","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"28 February 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"Eleanor Lutz's map of Mars isn't exactly\u00a0medieval in style (that's not the right word for it), but it applies an ostensibly old aesthetic to a very modern map subject. \"I\u00a0thought it would be fun to use their historical design style to illustrate our current adventures into unexplored territory. 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Via Centauri Dreams, Sky and Telescope. Meanwhile, Sky and Telescope has produced a Mercury globe based on MESSENGER\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Astronomy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/astronomy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1789463,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/10\/two-geologic-maps-of-venus\/","url_meta":{"origin":4026,"position":4},"title":"Two Geologic Maps of Venus","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"6 October 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"Two geological maps of Venus have been published in\u00a0Earth and Space Science. Produced by Vicki L. Hansen and Iv\u00e1n L\u00f3pez, they each cover a 60-million-square-kilometre section of Earth\u2019s twin: the Niobe Planitia Map Area geologic map (above, top) ranges from the equator to 57\u00b0 north, and from 60\u00b0 to 180\u00b0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Astronomy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/astronomy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/geology-venus-871x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/geology-venus-871x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/geology-venus-871x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/geology-venus-871x1024.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1791231,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/06\/veritas-mission-to-map-venus-later-this-decade\/","url_meta":{"origin":4026,"position":5},"title":"VERITAS Mission to Map Venus Later This Decade","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"9 June 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"VERITAS is one of two missions to Venus announced by NASA last week. 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