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New Open-Access Book Maps a Medieval Kingdom of the Isles

A new open-access book is revealing fresh details about Finlaggan on Islay, a site long linked to the Lords of the Isles. The study argues the loch’s islands were not just symbolic, but the working centre of a medieval kingdom within Scotland.

https://www.medievalists.net/2026/01/new-open-access-book-maps-a-medieval-kingdom-of-the-isles/

About Hebrides at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=hebrides

A cottage on Islay from Thomas Pennant's A Tour in Scotland and Voyage to the Hebrides, published in 1774. The image shows a traditional Scottish cottage construction: stone walls with what appears to be a thatched roof made of straw, heather, or turf. People can be seen near the cottage, giving scale and showing daily life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islay#/media/File:Cottage_on_Islay_(18thC).JPG https://archive.org/details/tourinscotlandvo01penn/page/n3/mode/1up

Okay this is a weird deep dive into something quite random. Native French speakers help me out here.

I live in Texas. My phone’s language is French. When giving directions while driving, the speech is in French.

Texas has “Ranch to Market” (RM) roads; they’re a specific class of road, but they often go through cities and such. I regularly drive on RM620.

When my phone says the name of one of these roads it says something like “milliem” for the designator.

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Where is Venezuela?

Given the current situation in South America, I am just posting a map of the region, as it may help put country locations in to context.





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela

Map of South America

Time for the annual list of books in map history published over the last year. This year, you have time to perhaps buy some for xmas gifts!

https://www.mappingasprocess.net/blog/2025/11/22/2025-books-in-map-history-plus-some-missed-from-20234

Here's a cartoon by Tom Gauld!!!!!!

Africa and The Mercator Map | Encyclopaedia Britannica

"The African Union has endorsed a campaign calling for the use of a world map that reflects countries' true sizes. Why doesn't our current world map do that?"

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OAG1zk1SAPQ

Mercator map from 1930.
Mercator map from 1930.

1/ I do not have any further -themed folk tales to share for this , but I do want to share the interactive map for German folk tales I am working on at the moment. It can be found on my new installation, and uses the combined power of , , and to dynamically generate maps with the accurate location of the German folk tales I have translated. Please take a look!


https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Main_Page

🎂 OTD 2014: publication of the discovery of Laniakea

"A map of the local Universe has enabled researchers to find the boundaries of Earth's home supercluster, which they name Laniakea."

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature13674

A screenshot of Nature's frontpage with headline reading "Laniakea, a supercluster to call home"

Eternal Realms - An invitation to discover fantasy worlds of storytelling, as you look down at a tavern table in a distant land of your choosing. Upon it, several items reinforce the mood and give away important cues. But the real focus is on the map, as it is evocative of a sense of adventure, that is fulfilled when we roll dice and share storytelling moments.

On a tavern table, several items can be seen such as tankards filled with ale, platters with cooked meats and bread, a candle, a dagger and a pipe But the real focus is on the map, as it is evocative of a sense of adventure, that is fulfilled when we roll dice and share storytelling moments.

I'm working on a folded 2-sided map of Vancouver/Victoria--Here's the 3rd and last part of the back side...the region around Vancouver.

Petrofuture map of Vancouver, BC. 66m sea level rise on a 1956 Shell Oil map. Only a few large islands remain in Vancouver proper. Much of the coastal areas are underwater.

Hi, my name is Wouter and I am an artist, designer and cartographer specialized in fantasy storytelling and tabletop gaming. The Voyager’s Workshop is where I help creators, authors, publishers and gamers tell stories that they live, tell and are a part of!

You can view my most recent work on my website’s gallery page, including a video reel of projects and commissions: https://thevoyagersworkshop.com/pages/gallery

A photo of hand drawn maps and fantasy art by yours truly.

I am toying with the idea to build a (physical) globe 🌍 myself. Preferably using and maybe Inkscape for final touches (or other OS tools).

I would like to design the globe as far as possible in QGIS and then use an appropriate projection to output the lobes. Then glue to a sphere using wallpaper glue etc. - I imagine it difficult to get the labels right.

Surprisingly, I can find few resources on how to approach such a project.

Any pointers or own experience?

Some years ago, I saw a site on which you can switch between different map projections and select any point on the Earth as the center point.
It was really cool, but I've never been able to find it again. 😕