Jeff’s minimal map depicts Delaware Bay and the two capes that form its mouth, Cape Henlopen in Delaware to the south and Cape May in New Jersey to the north. The single line connecting them indicates the Cape May-Lewes Ferry, which has crossed the seventeen miles of bay since 1964 and remains the only direct […]
This is a map worth keeping. Even though it’s not particularly practical for navigation, it’s a cool piece of ephemera with a fun story. A video store clerk drew it for Renee and her boyfriend when they stopped to ask for directions to a popular sushi restaurant. The clerk quickly drew a few lines on […]
This map traces a police chase that grabbed the attention of people living in the Tree Streets neighborhood of Waynesboro, Virginia. One of Tony’s coworkers witnessed part of the chase, and drew this map to show where he was standing when the cars came around a corner.
Dan writes, “this was a quick attempt at guiding an out-of-town musician friend (hence the staff paper) from Kenmore Square to the site of my wedding at Fenway Park in Boston last year. Note the landmarks at Unos, Beerworks, the banners on Yawkey Way, and gates D and B.”
Needing directions to an exhibition at ALAN Istanbul, Feride drew this minimal map after looking up how to get there on the internet.
Simple, minimal maps like these are what got me interested in collecting hand drawn maps in the first place. It’s been a while since one has been posted to the site so I’m happy to share this one with you now. Meg from Tokyo sent it along with the following note: “My friend Aiko drew […]
Eileen’s friend HM drew this map to show her a shortcut from HM’s house in southern New York. This is a good example of a directional map created during a conversation discussing the actual navigation. We can assume some of the areas that are missing are places Eileen understood, the map, in this case, serves […]