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Worlds Imagined:
This year-long exhibit featured maps of imaginary places from literature, film and games such as Oz, Narnia, Middle-earth, Skyrim, the United Federation of Planets and a rare antique map of North America showing California as a mythical island. It was supported by Barbara and Daniel Clinton Jr. ’52 with additional funds provided by Texas A&M’s Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research.
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“Westeros”
Cartographer Jonathan Roberts, A Song of Ice and Fire (1996), by George R.R. Martin
“Map of Durango Territory of the Federal Republic of America”
Cartographer Tim Paul, The Shadow series (2015-2018), by Lila Bowen
“The Marvelous Land of Oz”
Cartographer James E. Haff, From: The Oz books (1900-2014)
“Land of Ooo”
Cartographer Dan Bandit, Adventure Time (2007), created by Pendleton Ward
“The streets of Ankh-Morpork”
Cartographer Stephen Player, The Discworld novels (1983-2015), by Terry Pratchett
“The Map of Zombies”
Cartographer Jason Bradley Thompson
“Middle-earth”
Cartographers Brian Sibley and John Howe, Based on the Middle-earth Legendarium (1937-2017) by J.R.R. Tolkien
“Greater Boston Neighborhoods”
Cartographer unknown, Fallout 4 (2015), developed by Bethesda Game Studios
“Province of Skyrim”
Cartographer Nataly Dravarol, The Elder Scrolls video game series (1994), developed by Bethesda Game Studios
“A Map of Narnia and the Surrounding Countries”
Cartographer Pauline Baynes, The Chronicles of Narnia (1950-1956), by C.S. Lewis
“Mythical Realm of Gods and Heroes”
Cartographer National Geographic Society
“Hyrule Overworld Lore”
Cartographer unknown, The Legend of Zelda video game series (1986), created by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka
“Final Fantasy Game World Map”
Cartographer unknown
“Poictesme”
Cartographer Peter Koch, The Biography of the Life of Manuel (1919-1929), by James Branch Cabell
“The City of Gotham”
Cartographer Eliot R. Brown, Batman: No Man’s Land (DC Comics, 1998-1999) and The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005-2012, dir. Christopher Nolan)
