![]() ![]() When I started making maps, I drew them by hand. Some of my favourite historical cartographers are Fra Mauro, who created a map of the world in the 13 th century Abraham Ortelius, who created the first modern atlas in 1570 and Joan Blaeu, a Dutchman who published the first heliocentric world map in 1648. ![]() But I am inspired by historic maps from the 16 th to 19 th centuries: I’m a big fan of a vintage style, but I put a modern twist on it. ![]() National Geographic maps are some of the best maps ever made. But it also includes serious maps, such as the Map of Separatist Europe, which shows what the continent would look like if all the regions striving for independence achieved it, and more lighthearted ones, such as which countries prefer dogs to cats. Maps of Common Foods around the world, and the cost of a beer, appear in my first book, Vargic’s Miscellany of Curious Maps. ![]()
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