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Martin Vargic

Slovak artist and author (born 1998) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Martin Vargic
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Martin Vargic[1] is a Slovak artist and author, best known for his book "Vargic's Miscellany of Curious Maps",[2] and "Map of the Internet".

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Maps

Vargic publishes all of his works (chiefly maps and charts) on his website, halcyonmaps.com.[3]

On 15 January 2014, Vargic published the "Map of the Internet" on DeviantArt.[4] It is a conceptual artwork that depicts the largest websites and software companies as sovereign nations on a stylized political map of the world, scaled according to their traffic and Alexa ratings. It was first featured in media on 30 January 2014, after a design and technology blog Gizmodo wrote an article on the subject.[5]

Following week, the map was featured on a wide variety of news sites and blogs in over 20 countries, most notably on The Independent,[6] Fox News,[7] The Huffington Post[8] and Business Insider.[9]

In addition to the "Map of the Internet", Vargic has recently published a wide variety of other maps, notably "The World - Climate Change",[10] depicting the world after 260-ft sea level rise,[11] the "Map of Stereotypes"[12] and a number of other maps and charts.

In September 2015, Vargic published his first book, Vargic's Miscellany of Curious Maps.

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