To Martin Vargic, it’s neither: It’s an 18th-century-style map that looks like something out of the golden age of cartography, only depicting the world’s 3,000 most heavily trafficked ...

How about light moving through cables or tubes? How about an 18th-century-style map of the world? That’s how Martin Vargic sees it. Vargic, who has been creating maps since age 11, spent about ...

The Library of Congress has recently digitized a group of puzzle maps dating from the late 18 th to the early 20 th century. These “dissected maps” were the first generation of jigsaw puzzles ...

The map is a beautiful production in characteristic eighteenth century style, with engravings of buildings such as Porchester Castle and “Carresbrook Castle” as well as a plan of Silchester ...