Monday, March 30, 2009

a plague cometh to mine house

i love weird old maps. well, i just love weird things in general, especially if i can frame them and call it art. it took me about 4.5 seconds to order and pay for this map when i found it on etsy, oh, about 2 minutes ago.

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i took the liberty of posting a larger photo so you could all see the amazingness (and that is NOT my hand with the trashy anchor tattoo - the picture is from the etsy shop). do you see some of the icons used to express tropical diseases - feet with sores, a craggly hand, mites of all kinds and what appears to be a child with no nose. they do not publish maps like this baby anymore and i think that is a great disservice to the people who illustrate tropical diseases. oh MAN i'm excited to get this in the mail and frame it!

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