1668
My forefather Arent Roggeveen obtains the rights to publish a sea atlas, the first of its kind in the Netherlands. It is called the Burning Ven and is published in 1675.
Cover of the Burning Fen
The following map is a chart from Arent Roggeveen which is kept in the Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division that covers all of Long Island, along with New York Harbor and the Coast of Connecticut.
Pascarte van Nieu Nederland streckende vande Zuydt Revier tot Hendrick Christians Eylandt (1675). Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
1933
Harry Beck makes London comprehensible by hiding all unnecessary details on his famous London Underground Diagram a.k.a. the Tube Map:
1976
For the first time I try to comprehend a complex environment, Paris, by using a street guide with a foldaway map.
2011
Started with tubemapping, a sketch method to visualize lines of thought.
2012
Busy with Freehand (Map) Sketching and the Nonlinear Storytelling for Digital Architects prototype…
