Altered maps VIII: World borders just got garbage-dayed

[Huayna Capac357]

Darned Belarus, ruining Europe's 100% record.

 

[say1988]

Darned USA, the Belarus of North America.

 

[W|M]

Darned Belize, the Belarus and USA of mainland Central America.

 

[Huayna Capac357]

What about Guatemala

 

[mechaerik]

Are you sure you dont mean guatemala?

CURSE YOU hC357, AND YOUR NINJA POSTINg SKILLS.

 

[gangleri2001]

My current EUIII game:

 

[mythmonster2]

What's up with the random province in the Lowlands?

 

[Squonk]

Guatemala is the Belarus of continental North America. Belize is the Latvia of continental North America.

 

[Traitorfish]

What's up with the random province in the Lowlands?

Just for the record, it's "Low Countries". "Lowlands" is a more generic term referring to an area of low-lying country, used in contrast to a nearby area of elevated "Highland" terrain, e.g. the Scottish Highlands and Lowlands.

 

[Dachs]

Looks like he inherited like Brabant or Liege or something

 

[trader/warrior]

Was unsure where to post this. Here or in cool pictures or in historic photos.

Whatever.


British coal exports in 1864

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As with most of Minard’s works, this map relates the thickness of each export line to the amount of coal it represents. Here, each millimeter of thickness represents 20,000 tons of coal. The numbers written over or beside the lines represent the total number of tons of coal, in thousands.

The major uses of British coal, according to the chart, are: the production of iron (“Fer”) and cast iron (“Fonte”), gas lighting (“Eclairage au gas”), steam engines in ships and trains (“Navires a Vapeur et Chemins de Fer”), and domestic fireplaces (“Foyers Domestiques”). A large amount of this production was also specifically slated for use in London, showing how that city was the major center of British industry.

Napoleons march on moscow. Size of the line indicates number of men left in the army

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Cotton and wool.

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The map above is a curious comparative map of the quantities of cotton and wool imported to Europe in 1858 and 1861. Blue represents cotton and wool from the United States, the orange from British territories in South Asia, and brown from the Levant (the East Mediterranean). Pink represents cotton and wool imported to Britain that was subsequently re-exported to Europe. There is also a small sliver of imports from Brazil, also in a light blue, though the original color may have faded. One millimeter represents 5,000 tons of cotton or wool. Click here or on the picture above to see the map enlarged.

Wine and spirits traffic in the mid 1800s.

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Minard plots land transport via railroads in pink, and river transport via boat in green. Yellow lines represent overseas exports. Minard drew each line to represent 100,000 tons for each 33 millimeters of thickness. Click here or on the picture above to see an enlarged version of the map.

Comparative map of ports and rivers in the mid 1800s

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[Cynovolans]

Ethnic makeup of Mongolia. (19 out of these 20 ethnic groups are Mongol, the other 1 are the Kazakh people)

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[Lone Wolf]

Polandball world history, reposted to the current thread:

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[Love]

Why is israel a cube?

 

[Heretic_Cata]

Undefeated brick wall against all atacks ? That's what i was thinking about anyway.

Btw (i'll post here too) - great pics !

 

[Yared]

Morocco and Western Sahara are just too cute...

 

[Squonk]

Denmark Ah 1600 is so sweet.

 

[W|M]

, but make that all of Scandinavia 1099-1600!

I Switzerland in 1943!

The first map is population density (people per km²), and the 2nd is total population.

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[Mad Man]

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Countries where the death penalty is used;

Blue is abolished for all crimes.
Yellow is abolished for all crimes except special circumstances.
Orange is retains but has not been used for at least 10 years.
Red is retains it.

Since when has Russia abolished capital punishment?

 

[gangleri2001]

Why is the almoravid dynasty reading a book in 1099?