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photo mythologyofblue: Atlas For The Blind - 1837 The Atlas of the United States Printed for the Use of the Blind was published in 1837 for children at the New England Institute for the Education of the Blind in Boston. Without a drop of ink in the book, the text and maps in this extraordinary atlas were embossed heavy paper with letters, lines, and symbols. via (the-rx)

mythologyofblue:

Atlas For The Blind - 1837

The Atlas of the United States Printed for the Use of the Blind was published in 1837 for children at the New England Institute for the Education of the Blind in Boston. Without a drop of ink in the book, the text and maps in this extraordinary atlas were embossed heavy paper with letters, lines, and symbols.

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12 months ago

May 22, 2012
maps braille maine embossing
reblogged via mythologyofblue
photo Silent London, blind embossed etching (Simon Elvins) and part of The Map as Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography (Katharine Harmon)via UrbanTick

Silent London, blind embossed etching (Simon Elvins) and part of The Map as Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography (Katharine Harmon)
via UrbanTick

3 years ago

April 25, 2010
london maps embossing cartography contemporary art