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As of May 2022, all continents but Antarctica are complete and the ocean is well underway. The first print from the map is now available – Wild World: Australasia!
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Wild World

Commenced in 2020, this is a world map of nature. Rather than the endless skylines and cultural features of North America: Portrait of a Continent, I wanted to evoke the wilderness of Earth.

It began in the depths of lockdown, and in some ways it was inspired by the pandemic – ​a love letter to a world we miss. But I’d also imagined it for years. I remember watching David Attenborough documentaries as a child, lost in his evocation of nature’s majesty – inspired to care about it. I loved this view of Earth. I imagined a world map without us – without borders, roads and cities. Instead, it would highlight a wild world that still exists today.

Drawn with colour pencil and pen, it is in the Natural Earth projection, centered on 11°E rather than Greenwich. A printed basemap is stapled behind the art paper, allowing me to trace Earth precisely with a light pad. For this to be a useful physical world map as well an artwork, accuracy is important. So too are the geographic labels.

There are a few guidelines to choosing animals: they must be wild and indigenous to the area. They must be extant, so you won’t find Tasmanian tiger or moa (this time). Not every animal neatly fits these criteria, but it works well enough. As humanity rapidly transforms nature, it’s vital we think about the non-human world and native biomes. This is a world map of nature, not nations.
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The first completed segment is available in print now: Wild World: Australasia. More will be released as the map unfolds, with the next being the Americas. The estimated completion date for the entire world is early-mid 2023.
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Wild World gallery

Pictorial map art of Australia, from artist cartographer Anton Thomas - his map Wild World.
Pictorial world map, from artist cartographer Anton Thomas - his map Wild World.
A pictorial map of Africa, from cartographer Anton Thomas's map Wild World.
Pictorial map art of New Zealand - Aotearoa, from artist cartographer Anton Thomas - his map Wild World.
Pictorial map art of Southeast Asia and Indonesia, from artist cartographer Anton Thomas - his map Wild World.
South America from Wild World, a map by cartographer Anton Thomas.
Pictorial map art of Micronesia, from artist cartographer Anton Thomas - his map Wild World.
Pictorial map art of India, from artist cartographer Anton Thomas - his map Wild World.
A pictorial map of Madagascar, from cartographer Anton Thomas's map Wild World.
A section of Wild World - a pictorial map by cartographer Anton Thomas.
Pictorial map art of China, from artist cartographer Anton Thomas - his map Wild World.
A pictorial map of Europe, from Wild World - an illustrated map by artist cartographer Anton Thomas.
The Americas, from cartographer Anton Thomas's pictorial map Wild World.
South America from Wild World, a map by cartographer Anton Thomas.
A pictorial map of southern Africa, from cartographer Anton Thomas's map Wild World.
A section of Wild World - a pictorial map by cartographer Anton Thomas.
A section of Wild World - a pictorial map by cartographer Anton Thomas.
A section of South America from Wild World - a pictorial map by cartographer Anton Thomas.
Pictorial map art of Western Australia, from artist cartographer Anton Thomas - his map Wild World.
A pictorial map of East Africa, from cartographer Anton Thomas's map Wild World.
A section of South America from Wild World - a pictorial map by cartographer Anton Thomas.
Wild World - a pictorial map by cartographer Anton Thomas.
Wild World - a pictorial map by cartographer Anton Thomas.
Artist cartographer Anton Thomas with his hand-drawn map, Wild World.
Pictorial map art of Queensland, Australia, from artist cartographer Anton Thomas - his map Wild World.
Chile and Argentina from Wild World, a map by cartographer Anton Thomas.
A section of South America from Wild World - a new map by cartographer Anton Thomas.

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