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See the world differently with these minimalist maps

See the world differently with these minimalist maps

This is what the world like if national borders were ignored and only one type of topographical feature was mapped.

Airports

Lakes

Rivers

Roads

Seaports

These maps were made for i100.co.uk by the extremely talented and generous Arthur Charpentier, a professor and researcher based in Montreal and Rennes. See more of his work on his own website.

We were inspired by these minimalist maps first spotted on Reddit, the source of which we couldn't track down. Please let us know if you do.

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