Via Kevin C.

Via Kevin C.

I really do love maps.

Originally shared by Eoghann Irving

Two Hundred Years Of Ships Logs Mapped

I find this image fascinating. They've taken loads of records from the logs of ships from the 18th and 19th century and then placed them geographically.

The result shows you quite clearly several of the continents as well as the primary trade routes of the time.

http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/636-painted-ships-on-painted-oceans-an-accidental-map-of-the-doldrums