from the archives of the Hand Drawn Map Association

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  • Is that near Hawaii?

    Is that near Hawaii?

    World

    World
    explanatory map, memory map
  • Returning

    Returning

    Düsseldorf, Germany

    Germany
    explanatory map, map as journal
  • Maps as comedy

    Maps as comedy

    Location unknown

    Unknown
    explanatory map, map as comedy, neighborhood maps
  • Stairs up to our apartment

    Stairs up to our apartment

    Baltimore, Maryland

    Maryland
    cartographies of home, explanatory map, memory map
  • Neighborhood maps: Waynesboro

    Neighborhood maps: Waynesboro

    Waynesboro, Virginia

    Virginia
    explanatory map, minimal map, neighborhood maps, post-its
  • Neighborhood maps: Fishtown

    Neighborhood maps: Fishtown

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania
    directional map, explanatory map, neighborhood maps, night in night out
  • Atom Smasher

    Atom Smasher

    France/Switzerland border

    Switzerland
    explanatory map, historical trace
  • Mount Whitney Mountaineering Route

    Mount Whitney Mountaineering Route

    Sequoia National Park, California

    California
    directional map, explanatory map
  • How big is Canada? 5 days drive.

    How big is Canada? 5 days drive.

    Canada

    Canada
    explanatory map, maps on napkins, memory map
  • I know you love Manhattan, but you ought to look up more often (D)

    I know you love Manhattan, but you ought to look up more often (D)

    New York, New York

    New York
    explanatory map, map as journal, maps to food, night in night out
  • I know you love Manhattan, but you ought to look up more often (C)

    I know you love Manhattan, but you ought to look up more often (C)

    New York, New York

    New York
    best maps are kids maps, explanatory map
  • I know you love Manhattan, but you ought to look up more often (B)

    I know you love Manhattan, but you ought to look up more often (B)

    New York, New York

    New York
    explanatory map, map as journal
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The Hand Drawn Map Association is a website and physical archive founded to collect directional maps people draw for one another. Over time, it has grown to include a wide variety of maps, diagrams, and other drawings documenting our experiences of places both real and imagined. To date, the association has collected over 400 digital assets and more than 350 works on paper.

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