YNews hug of death, perhaps

This map was created in 1917, so sadly it missed out on Lord Dunsany's explorations of Elfland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Elfland%27s_Daught...).

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.

That's an amazing picture - sort of reminds me of the Carta marina by Olaus Magnus. [1]

Not going to lie, I did kind of chuckle a bit at the part labeled "The Water Babies".

The artist is Bernard Sleigh [2].

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carta_marina

[2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Sleigh

This is a nice alternative link because it zooms into a few areas

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/an-anciente-mappe-...

Very cool, does anyone know if I can buy a high quality print somewhere?

> Tom Thumb is somewhere here but he is too small to draw.

To anyone who is a fan of Lord Dunsany or Susanna Clarke and who wants to read the most recent iteration of scholarly fae fantasy, I recommend "Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries" by Heather Fawcett.