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Travel Maps

A few of the maps I’ve painted for Notes from the Road stories. The rest live inside the region articles.

Handpainted watercolor map of the Aeolian Islands by Erik Gauger

Watercolor maps from the archive

Hand-drawn watercolor and Copic marker map of the Aeolian Islands, showing Lipari, Vulcano, Stromboli, Salina, Filicudi, Alicudi, and Panarea in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Sicily.

Aeolian Islands Map

A hand-drawn map of the seven volcanic islands of the Tyrrhenian Sea — Lipari, Vulcano, Stromboli, Salina, Filicudi, Alicudi, and Panarea — rising north of Sicily.
Hand-drawn map of the Hawaiian Islands, showing both the main islands and the remote atolls, reefs, and islets of the Northwestern Hawaiian chain.

Hawaiian Islands Maps

Two hand-drawn maps of Hawaiʻi, from the eight main islands to the remote atolls, reefs, and pinnacles that stretch nearly 1,500 miles across the Pacific Ocean.
Handpainted watercolor map of Tunisia, illustrating its geography from the green north to the vast, empty Sahara.

Tunisia Map

Watercolor map of Tunisia, showing the country's deceptive scale—from fertile coastal hills to the empty reaches of the Sahara Desert.
Handpainted watercolor map of Malta, Gozo, and Comino

Malta Map

Watercolor map of Malta, Gozo, and Comino, painted to accompany my travel stories.
Handpainted watercolor and Copic marker map of the Adriatic Sea

Adriatic Sea Map

Watercolor and Copic marker map of the Adriatic Sea region.
Handpainted watercolor and Copic marker map of Tikehau Atoll

Tikehau Atoll Map

Watercolor and Copic marker map of Tikehau Atoll in French Polynesia.
Handdrawn map of the Cyclades Islands in the Aegean Sea

Cyclades Islands Map

Watercolor and Copic marker map of Greece's Cyclades Islands.
Handpainted map of Celestún, Yucatán, Mexico

Celestún

Watercolor and Copic marker map of Celestún on the Yucatán coast.
Handpainted map of Cuba

Cuba

Watercolor and Copic marker map of the island of Cuba.
Handpainted map of Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Watercolor and Copic marker map of Nicaragua's landscapes and coasts.
Handpainted map of Panama

Panama

Watercolor and Copic marker map of Panama and the isthmus corridor.
Handpainted map of Honduras

Honduras

Watercolor and Copic marker map of Honduras and the Bay Islands.
Handpainted map of Europe

Europe Map

Watercolor and Copic marker map of Europe's countries and coasts.
Handpainted map of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic)

Hispaniola Map

Watercolor and Copic marker map of Hispaniola—Haiti and the DR.
Handpainted map of the West Indies

West Indies Map

Watercolor and Copic marker map of the West Indies archipelagos.
Handpainted map of California's Salton Sea

Salton Sea Map

Watercolor and Copic marker map of the Salton Sea and environs.
Handpainted map of Oregon

Oregon Map

Watercolor and Copic marker map of Oregon's regions and rivers.
Handpainted map of Portugal

Portugal Map

Watercolor and Copic marker map of Portugal from Minho to Algarve.
Handpainted map of Ecuador

Ecuador Map

Watercolor and Copic marker map of Ecuador, Andes to Amazon.
Handpainted map of the Hawaiian Islands

Hawaiian Islands Map

Watercolor and Copic marker map of the Hawaiian archipelago.
Handpainted map of Morocco

Map of Morocco

Watercolor and Copic marker map of Morocco's cities and deserts.
Handpainted map of Sicily

Map of Sicily

Watercolor and Copic marker map of Sicily and surrounding seas.
Handpainted map of the Abaco Islands, Bahamas

Map of Abaco Islands

Watercolor and Copic marker map of the Abaco Islands.
Handpainted map of the Baja California Peninsula

Map of Baja Peninsula

Watercolor and Copic marker map of the Baja California peninsula.
Handpainted map of Alaska's Seward Peninsula

Seward Peninsula Map

Watercolor and Copic marker map of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska.
Handpainted map of Washington's Olympic Peninsula

Olympic Peninsula Map

Watercolor and Copic marker map of Washington's Olympic Peninsula.
Handpainted map of Great Guana Cay, Abaco

Guana Cay Map

Watercolor and Copic marker map of Great Guana Cay in Abaco.
Handpainted map of Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula

Osa Peninsula Map

Watercolor and Copic marker map of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.
Handpainted map of Saint Lucia

St. Lucia Map

Watercolor and Copic marker map of the island of Saint Lucia.

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Sicily Map

Etna, coastlines, and hill towns mapped in watercolor and marker.

Hawaiian Islands Map

Volcanic islands rendered in marker, watercolor, and ink.

Aeolian Islands Map

A watercolor map of the seven volcanic Aeolian Islands.

Tunisia Map

Tunisia in watercolor and ink: salt lakes, ruins, and coast.

Malta Map

Watercolor and Copic: Malta's limestone cities and harbors.

Fowl Cays National Park Map

A coral-blue rendering of the Exumas in watercolor and marker.

Adriatic Sea Map

The Venetian Adriatic in ink and watercolor, lagoon to coast.

Cyclades Map

Aegean blues and island geometry sketched in watercolor and liner pen.

Celestun Map

Copic and ink: mangroves, flamingos, and Yucatán lagoons.

Cuba Map

Watercolor and ink capturing Cuba's long spine of mountains and coast.

Nicaragua Map

Nicaragua's volcanoes and lakes in watercolor and photography.

Panama Map

An ink-and-wash map of the narrow bridge between oceans.

Honduras Map

Honduran coastlines and mountains in field-sketch watercolor.

Europe Map

A hand-painted continental map in watercolor, marker, and ink.

Hispaniola Map

Ink and watercolor defining mountains, borders, and Caribbean currents.

West Indies Map

An island chain stitched together in watercolor blues and greens.

Salton Sea Map

A desert sea in ink and wash, charting edges of water and salt.

Oregon Map

Watercolor terrain of Oregon's coast, cascades, and high desert.

Portugal Map

Atlantic-facing cliffs and inland plains sketched in watercolor and ink.

Ecuador Map

From Andes to Amazon, mapped in watercolor gradients and liner pen.

Morocco Map

Watercolor and ink tracing desert routes and Atlantic ports.

Abaco Map

Bahamas blues and cay outlines painted in watercolor and ink.

Baja Peninsula Map

The long desert peninsula sketched in ink and watercolor.

Guana Cay Map

A watercolor portrait of reef, cay, and Bahamian light.

Seward Peninsula Map

Arctic tundra and coastline rendered in watercolor and liner pen.

Osa Peninsula Map

Costa Rica's wild peninsula sketched in watercolor and marker.

St. Lucia Map

St. Lucia's volcanic peaks and coves in watercolor and Copic.

Tikehau Map

A coral atoll mapped in layered blues of watercolor and marker.