Anciente map of Fairyland. Places from nursery rhymes, fairy tales etc.
by speckx on 1/27/2026, 4:44:39 PM
https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:3f463773q
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by: grimgrin
This is a nice alternative link because it zooms into a few areas<p><a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/an-anciente-mappe-of-fairyland/" rel="nofollow">https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/an-anciente-mappe-...</a>
2/1/2026, 5:14:12 PM
by: vunderba
That's an amazing picture - sort of reminds me of the Carta marina by Olaus Magnus. [1]<p>Not going to lie, I did kind of chuckle a bit at the part labeled <i>"The Water Babies".</i><p>The artist is Bernard Sleigh [2].<p>[1] - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carta_marina" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carta_marina</a><p>[2] - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Sleigh" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Sleigh</a>
2/1/2026, 4:29:32 PM
by: j4cobgarby
Very cool, does anyone know if I can buy a high quality print somewhere?
2/1/2026, 5:38:10 PM
by: mistrial9
YNews hug of death, perhaps
2/1/2026, 4:05:29 PM
by: fractallyte
This map was created in 1917, so sadly it missed out on Lord Dunsany's explorations of Elfland (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Elfland%27s_Daughter" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Elfland%27s_Daught...</a>).<p>But... seven years separate Dunsany's novel from this map, and as everyone knows, seven is an important number in Fairyland! I declare a Fae conspiracy.
2/1/2026, 4:20:23 PM