The Large Atlas of Urla

    Selected maps from the first book of imaginary maps I drew. These genre experiments range from very simple political maps to storytelling historical maps to intricate urban plans. Some worlds are repeated, but most stand alone.

    Selected maps from an unfinished book of historical maps. These maps are the kind of maps you might see in a history book: routes of exploration, battles, migrations, ancient pilgrim routes and ruins. Several series of maps are woven through, though most maps stand alone.

    A short large format atlas describing the history of the discovery and development of the continents of the Urla. The 7 maps progress in time and scale from initial discovery on a continental scale to a “contemporary”, developed, downtown at street level.

    A set of 18 maps drawn on small cards. The are all unrelated and each in a different genre, though some themes are shared, including worlds undergoing climate change.

    Three short tours of notable features on a large regional map of the Aenen Colonies in Riverland province on the continent Mbelenin, with close-ups and short commentaries on religious, urban and geographic features of the map.

   These pages contain many types of imaginary cartography: political, historical, cultural, environmental, topological, urban maps and site plans. The goal is to create geographies like those of places on Earth, but entirely imaginary. Names, terrains and cultural patterns aim for verisimilitude, visual interest, reference or analogy rather than allegory, fantasy or surreality.

    Other maps I’ve done which are not part of an Atlas or collection, in various stages of completion.