While there are thankfully quite a few historic world maps still knocking around today, the Mappa Mundi kept in Hereford Cathedral is our top pick because it’s full of intricate details, large-scale ...

For example, create a memory map of your childhood world! Image. 3) Plot your sites. Before I start illustrating a map I use an online mapping tool, such as Google Maps, to plot all the sites.

Orienteering can sound complex, but by placing your own compass over the map illustrations and following these instructions, you’ll discover that it’s actually quite simple—and fun. 2.

For example, the time travel in Back to the Future was tricky, says DeGraff. He ended up making a map of 1985 above a map of 1955, and characters’ tracks drop down into the past and then shoot ...

The original drawing of a map featured in A.A. Milne’s beloved book “Winnie-the-Pooh” sold at auction for nearly $600,000 – a record for a book illustration.

The original drawing of a map featured in A.A. Milne’s beloved book “Winnie-the-Pooh” sold at auction for nearly $600,000 – a record for a book illustration.

Be forewarned, however: Jim Kay's Marauder's Map illustration will make you want to sneak into Hogsmeade, even if you don't have mischief to manage. Since 2015, ...

Drawn in 1926 by illustrator E.H. Shepard, the map has just set a new record at Sotheby's London as the most expensive book illustration ever sold, for $570,000 ...