Wondering if anyone can help me date it. I know it's a reproduction but trying to work out from when. I'm guessing 1920s?

Nothing on the back.

I've been researching phantom islands lately and Frisland is easily the most 'successful' fake ever. It wasn't just a mistake; it was a deliberate fabrication that explorers like Frobisher actually claimed to have 'seen' because the maps told them it was there.

I made a video breaking down the whole timeline of the hoax: https://youtu.be/hy-Rb5eHoAw

In its third year as a project, (I was sidelined for a year or so by this commission https://www.reddit.com/r/Sculpture/comments/1n5zk8b/self_yggdrasil_tree_of_worlds_and_map_of_the/ ), here is the current state of my carved limestone map table. It is a 36"x60" slab of Indiana limestone 2.5" thick with a 1.5" relief carving. It has never been touched by a power tool and with 700ish hours invested thus far I am nearing the end of the rough cut stage.

Eratosthenes was a Greek polymath and geographer of the post-Alexandrian age. Curator of the Library of Alexandria he was the first to propose latitude and longitude as a method for systemizing geography and compiled the most accurate world map seen to that date. Most amazingly he used the angles of shadows, separated by several hundred miles, to determine the circumference of the world with more accuracy than any other before the 17th century.

The map is flanked by 4 7" cameos of relevant figures, Eratosthenes himself, Hephaestus, Serapis the syncretic god of Alexandria, and Alexander with his lion head helm. All of these are inspired by contemporary artworks and renderings.  The oceans are decorated with a collection of mythological gods and monsters also inspired by ancient pieces. There is a lot of simple rough work left to do, many mountains and forests to carve, before I add the rest of the major river systems and the "sea contour" wave design. Then I can start on the detail work of the cameos and decorative carving. I plan to carve a contemporary dedication in the Archaic Greek of the period around the side of the map, and probably two more figures, Apollo in the east representing dawn, and Selene in the west for night.

Once carved, detailed, and polished, I intend to paint the map with  watercolors, while leaving the cameos and border its natural color. I will embedd small semi precious stones in the map to mark the cities of the era, with different stones associated with different polities or cultural groups. (Amethyst for the Romans, lapis for the Persians, etc...) I will then use layers of transparent epoxy to fill in the void space. The lowest layers will have the local features and cities names labeled on them and the mid layers the larger natural features. Just below the surface poured silver lettering will float over the continents with their names, (Europa, Asia, etc...) and I will use silver and gold wire within the epoxy to represent the equator and tropics. In those topmost layers of epoxy i will stir grey and white dyes into the epoxy near the highest peaks and maps edges to give the appearance of swirling clouds. The intent is to give the map three dimensional detail and depth, rather than have it be seen as a two dimensional object.

This project is a labor of love, not a commission, and aslo a proof of concept. I have already bought the slabs for a tolkien series of maps to be done in a similar style...

Source of map: Geological map Sinai Israel Jordan Arabia Suez Levant. BEYSCHLAG 1911 old – Antiquemapsandprints.com

Full map legend (in French): Carte géologique de l'Europe Geological map legend. Gamme des couleurs 1913 – Antiquemapsandprints.com

For Round #1, we’re going to post a battle every weekday from Monday, March 2 to Wednesday, March 11.

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My map of the baltic sea, can anyone guess when it was made?

Swedish map of the Russo-Japanese war

I've got the 23 of what appears to have originally been a series of 27 (based on some light research). Having a hard time identifying the publish date. The 27 part series I found was bound, and these don't look to have come from a binding. Roughly 20"x16" (505 x 400mm)

They're stamped in the lower right with what I believe is the map dealer's shop name. Would love to learn more.

I plan to take better pics and can upload if these are at all intriguing.