Fantasy map

A fantasy map of the Island of Sodor showing the railway system

A fantasy map is type of map design that is a visual representation of an imaginary or fictional geography. While some fantasy maps accompany works of fiction and are considered fictional maps, fantasy maps are created to show imaginary places and are not necessarily included in works of literary fiction. Depending on the completeness and complexity of the map, the depiction of geographical components can range from simple drawings of a small area as in The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois to an entire fictional world as in The Lord of the Rings by Tolkien to even an entire galaxy as in Star Trek. Fantasy maps can also include abstract works of art,^[1] combine existing cartographic information to present an imaginary location, or combine existing cartographic information to show a different perspective of a location.^[2]

In popular culture[]

J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth is a renowned example of a fantasy map.
Lewis Carroll's Sylvie and Bruno Concluded tells of a fantasy map that had "the scale of a mile to the mile." It was later referenced (possibly independent of Carroll) by comedian Steven Wright, who claimed that it was not detailed enough and planned to obtain another in which one foot of space in real life was represented by three feet on the map.
Jorge Luis Borges wrote a short story about a map made to 1:1 scale. It is an homage to Lewis Carroll's work mentioned above. The story, "On Exactitude in Science", is collected in A Universal History of Infamy.
Nikolas Schiller's kaleidoscopic aerial photography of urban areas.^[3]

References[]

^ Kinberger, Michaela (26 February 2009). "Cartography and Art". Book. Springer Berlin Heidelberg: 1–11. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-68569-2_22. ISBN 978-3-540-68569-2.
^ Strange Maps (30 March 2009). "370 – Palestine's Island Paradise, Now With a Word from its Creator". Blog. StrangeMaps. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
^ David Montgomery (14 March 2007). "Here Be Dragons". Washington Post. Retrieved 14 March 2007.

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[CartArt-1] Kinberger, Michaela (26 February 2009). "Cartography and Art". Book. Springer Berlin Heidelberg: 1–11. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-68569-2_22. ISBN 978-3-540-68569-2.

[StrangeMaps-2] Strange Maps (30 March 2009). "370 – Palestine's Island Paradise, Now With a Word from its Creator". Blog. StrangeMaps. Retrieved 16 May 2013.

[NikolasSchiller-3] David Montgomery (14 March 2007). "Here Be Dragons". Washington Post. Retrieved 14 March 2007.

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v t Fictional locations and Worldbuilding
Buildings	Bars and pubs Castles Prisons Railway stations
Cities and towns	Cities in animation in comics in film in literature in television
Countries, counties and states	Countries African Asian European Pan-American by region U.S. states Islands Mythological places
Planets, worlds and universes	Fantasy worlds Planets Universes film and television animation and comics literature science fiction
Other terms	Continuity Fantasy map Lists of fictional locations Shared universe

Fantasy map

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