This map was published Antonia Blankenberg in 2023 as part of the initiative #30DayMapChallenge.

The author's illustration uses four different cartographic projections in which north is not located at the top of the maps:

• Berghaus projection: A projection that divides the globe into five north-south sections, which are arranged in a star shape. It appears in the logo of the Association of American Geographers.
• Fuller projection or Dymaxion map: A projection that starts with an icosahedron, a polyhedron composed of 20 triangles, and develops it on a plane.
• Cube projection: A projection that starts from a cube, a polyhedron composed of six squares, and develops it on the plane.
• Bonne projection: An equivalent-area projection with a heart-shaped form that has historically been used to represent the size of continents.

Here you can read more about the historical convention that placed north at the top of maps.

You can find more information about the initiative here. #30DayMapChallenge in what I wrote in the newsletter

Sources

• North is not always up