Pretty good series of posts from the Airship Flamel blog. Antique maps do indeed make pretty sweet, thematic decorations!
On the sixth day of Steampunk Christmas,
My true love gave to me:
Six Antique Maps.
Map of the California Gold Region. Source: Library of Congress
A good airship captain needs a good map to navigate by. Fortunately, antique maps are easy to find and, framed and matted, make a great gift. They can be a little pricy, however.
If you want the look of antique maps to steam up your home decor, there are many sources of high-resolution reprints on-line. Provided you want to go completely DIY, two sources pop out:
Both of these libraries have digitized parts of their map collections and have made them available for download. There are also additional local and state libraries that have digitized their collections (the British Library has many links for the UK), not to mention the historical map collection of the US Geological…
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