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Anciente map of Fairyland. Places from nursery rhymes, fairy tales etc.

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by grimgrin

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This is a nice alternative link because it zooms into a few areas
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/an-anciente-mappe-...

by bananaflag

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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.

by cgriswald

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by vunderba

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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

by j4cobgarby

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by mistrial9

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by fractallyte

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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.