From Magellan to Kérouac
ENIf, like me, you love maps and maps, test Wanderlust. Posted by the site Good, this interactive map allows you to visualize the mythical routes taken by famous travelers and explorers, from Magellan to Kérouac.
A small illustrated doc (in English) pops up when you click. With the fluidity of the Flash animation, there is something magical about making Cook's world tour or the Pan-Am route appear under the mouse.
There are even imaginary journeys like those of Phileas Fogg (Around the world in 80 days, by Jules Verne) or the white whale Moby Dick (Herman Melville), literature being finally the most beautiful of the escapes.
Of course, the map is not exhaustive. I would have liked to see Alexandra David-Néel in the list.
But there is at least one woman: Amelia Earhart (opposite), who disappeared in July 1937 in the Pacific at the controls of her plane.
Extraordinary destinies, world tours and expeditions like no other... Something to dream about during the long winter evenings, and, why not, give ideas for itineraries.
WanderlustIt could be translated as "wanderlust", right?
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Wooooow! Too great this thing! Thank you, I feel that I will spend a lot of time on this site (despite the deadlines that arrive a little too fast) ...
“If, like me, you love maps and planispheres”.”
yes, yes, yes 😀
Interesting this small site. Ah, the Silk Road ... ah, the Trans-Siberian ... ah, the pan-American ...
On the other hand, I would have liked a little more detail for each route, because 2 stages for the Silk Road or 3 for the 80-day round-the-world tour is not much!
And it's not very up to date, they still haven't put my Yunnan trip from last month... 8) 😉
@ Marie-Julie:
Enjoy!
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@ Thib:
Yes, this map is so nice that we'd like it to be more complete, richer and more precise. Of course, they went for the shortest...
(What do you mean, there's no Yunnan by Thib??? A real scandal!)
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Hello Corinne,
I can't get to the “WanderLust.” page, which takes me to this link: http://awesome.goodmagazine.com/features/Wanderlust/ , what should I do to be able to access the interactive maps, Thank you
@Clofou: I published this post in 2008... That's over six years ago! The link must be out of date by now. I can't access it either. That's a shame.
If you had to put all Thib's periples on a map, it would quickly become illegible, as there would be so many plots...............
@ Alain: Sure, compared to Thib, Magellan and Kerouac can go get dressed!!!! 😆
PS. Very interesting your report on Borneo ... I'm going to go through this quietly.
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Ok Corinne, thank you, for my part, I just discovered your blog, I enjoy !!!!!
This year was very different again, but I didn't write a report about it. On the other hand, I did bring back some unforgettable photos, even if, alas, I'm a very poor photographer.
http://picasaweb.google.fr/alainmichelena/LesMoinsMauvaises?authkey=LrpgyezCByM#
Thank you for the link to your photos, Alain!
It may make others want to leave...
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