Thursday, June 6, 2013

The Garden Of Forking Paths

Crustaceans from 22 Maps That Show How Americans Speak English...



Crustaceans from 22 Maps That Show How Americans Speak English Totally Differently From Each Other, by Joshua Katz, 2013

A detail from a map of The Land of Make Believe by Jaro Hess,...



A detail from a map of The Land of Make Believe by Jaro Hess, 1930

A map of H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands by Jason Thompson,...



A map of H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands by Jason Thompson, 2012

I went to the ocean for a few days and it looks like all hell...



I went to the ocean for a few days and it looks like all hell broke out in Istanbul. This is a picture I took near Galata Tower on a quiet morning in 2010.

gashetka: 1923-1925 | Renault 10CV Type MH 6x6 Sahara | Fully...









gashetka:

1923-1925 | Renault 10CV Type MH 6x6 Sahara | Fully Restored

Penitents In Cuenca by José Ortiz Echagüe, 1940



Penitents In Cuenca by José Ortiz Echagüe, 1940

Marisa Berenson in Barry Lyndon by Stanley Kubrick, 1975



Marisa Berenson in Barry Lyndon by Stanley Kubrick1975

Advertisement for Goodyear from LIFE Magazine, 1945



Advertisement for Goodyear from LIFE Magazine, 1945

Hand-tinted map of the Island of Utopia from A Fruitful and...



Hand-tinted map of the Island of Utopia from A Fruitful and Pleasant Work of the Best State of a Public Weal, and of the New Isle Called Utopia by Thomas Moore, 1516

The Ideal City by Ronald Lampitt, 1951



The Ideal City by Ronald Lampitt, 1951

The Seed by Paweł Jońca, 2003



The Seed by Paweł Jońca, 2003

andreasp-rv: Sattler's panorama of Salzburg in 1829 More:...













andreasp-rv:

Sattler's panorama of Salzburg in 1829

More: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sattler-Panorama

Detail from a map of Earliest Historic Regions and the...



Detail from a map of Earliest Historic Regions and the Birthplace of Civilization, 1906

This is a fine example of cross-hatched hill profiles to indicate terrain in a pleasing, if inaccurate manner.

The temptation of despair from The Art of Dying, Provence, 15th...



The temptation of despair from The Art of Dying, Provence, 15th century

Nemesis by Alfred Rethel, 1837 (via Dark Classics)



Nemesis by Alfred Rethel, 1837

(via Dark Classics)

Death Comes As a Friend by J. Jungtow, 1851



Death Comes As a Friend by J. Jungtow, 1851

Underwater photograph by Alberich Mathews



Underwater photograph by Alberich Mathews

Illustrations based on Thomas Vaughan's Lumen de Lumine: A...



Illustrations based on Thomas Vaughan's Lumen de Lumine: A New Magical Light (1651), from an unidentified and undated German book.

The Nautilus, designed by American inventor Robert Fulton in...



The Nautilus, designed by American inventor Robert Fulton in 1800, is considered the world's first practical submarine. With a retractable sail and hand-cranked propeller, it could dive to a depth of 25 feet and move about as fast as a rowboat. This is his 1806 plan for the second Nautilus, which was never built.

Last night I dreamed I was wandering through gloomy underground...



Last night I dreamed I was wandering through gloomy underground tunnels with Captain Nemo (who was played by Benedict Cumberbatch). He showed me an early prototype of the submarine Nautilus that he had narrowly escaped after it was crushed by a draw-bridge.

(The Nautilus by Kevin O'Neill, for Alan Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, 1999)

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