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Philip Allfrey Apr 8, 2024

Very excited to now have my birthday present framed!

This is a copy of an 1885 lithograph of Auckland, NZ, drawn as if from a point 1000ft above and 100ft to the rear of the hospital, by George Treacy Stevens.

I realise the photograph has nothing for scale, but the map is huge (the frame is 98x78cm)! This will hang above my desk, which may be dangerous to my productivity as there are so many fascinating details :)

I first saw this years ago on a bag or poster or somewhere, and traced it back to a copy in Auckland Libraries' Kura | Heritage Collections Online (Map 4641, https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/maps/id/1376/rec/2 ), though when printing out this copy I used the scan from the National Library, as it was higher resolution (D-001-006, https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1019878&dps_custom_att_1=emu )

According to their catalogue this is the only detailed birds eye view of a 19th century New Zealand city!

#Auckland #Maps #HistoricMaps #mapstodon #MapsMonday

Auckland, N.Z. This view is compiled and drawn as from a point one thousand feet above and one hundred feet to the rear of the hospital during the year 1885 and part of 1886, by George Treacy Stevens.

MAHSA Project Oct 16, 2023

New #MapsMonday discovery today! We found Pirak Mound site perfectly depicted on this 1928 #map. This site, located on the Kachi-Bolan region of Baluchistan (Pakistan), was #excavated in the 1960-70s by French-Pakistani teams and was dated to circa 1700-700 BC. During this #excavation, they found extensive #mudbrick architecture, evidence of #rice cultivation, and figurines of horse riders!

MAHSA Project Sep 11, 2023

#MapsMonday We are carrying on the theme of indigenous water management systems, as we shine a spotlight on the karez system (also known as qanats) prevalent in the region of Balochistan, Pakistan. This community owned karez irrigation technology was created for arid and semi-arid regions, and is thought to have traveled through the Silk Route from Persia but can be found all over Central and Western Asia and even as far as Japan .
You can see them in the images as circles arranged in a line.

MAHSA Project Aug 29, 2023

We missed out on #MapsMonday, but we have #map related news nonetheless. An #article on the #Indian team members of the Survey of #India was just published in Maplines, a magazine by the British #Cartographic Society. You do have to be a member to read it for free. However, a similar version of the story is available on a #StoryMaps we published previously. Read more to find out about the people who #mapped the #subcontinent and beyond.

Follow the link: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/27406cafd8304fcba85932dc7c779a14
#HistoricalMaps

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The Survey of India in WWII

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MAHSA Project Aug 21, 2023

"The cool thing about historic maps is that, aside from giving us valuable information, they also allow us to discover interesting little easter eggs from time to time! Here you can see the artistry in decorating the bottom of this Portuguese maritime map of Goa from 1881. Various points of interest in the area have been painted on the bottom, like a mini landscape of Goa!"
#archaeology #mapsmonday #maps #MapsMonday #heritage #library #southasia #Goa