Altered Maps XVI: Gerardus Mercator Must Die

[Takhisis]

You're a mischievous meta.

(Is that a good enough hint towards what the joke is? )

No, you're a good enough hint towards what the joke is.

 

[Kyriakos]

Please help make Hungary great again. #MHGA



So that the Ohmu on this person's back can once more exit the toxic jungle.

 

[warpus]

Mars 3.8 billion years ago



link to giant version

 

[Kyriakos]

^Where is 'Hellas Terra'?

 

[Lohrenswald]

there isn't any "hellas terra"

the hellas thing is the round sea to the southeast

Edit:

 

[Hrothbern]

Nice !
To the left Mons Olympus, really protruding from the suface with some 25 km height.
Must have been the original home of the Greek gods

 

[Kyriakos]

Hellas Planitia is some massive elevation?

 

[Lohrenswald]

I don't understand if Hellas Plantina is like a specific part of the Hellas Basin or just another name for it, but basically it's an impact crater, much lower than the surrounding areas, which is why it's filled with water on the map Warpus posted

edit: also

 

[Hrothbern]

it is the same

 

[Kyriakos]

So the Hellas Planitia is roughly the size of the Hellas earthia.

 

[Kyriakos]

Although it sucks that Alexander the Great's famous fresco is barely visible ^^
Also, Russia should have Catherine and not her german-loving miracle-of-house-Brandenburg enabling son.

 

[schlaufuchs]

Although it sucks that Alexander the Great's famous fresco is barely visible ^^

That's a feature, not a defect.



Also I love that Napoleon is eyeing Spain, Frederick is eyeing the low countries, and Maria Theresa is eyeing Hungary/Croatia/Bosnia/Serbia.

 

[W|M]

Vlad is eyeing Turkey, too

Also, Russia should have Catherine and not her german-loving miracle-of-house-Brandenburg enabling son.

Better to have a German or a German-lover?

 

[Kyriakos]

Vlad is eyeing Turkey, too



Better to have a German or a German-lover?

Surely better to have Catherine than Peter, at any rate... Catherine was set to re-create the byzantine empire (it is also why many russian settlements in Ukraine got ancient greek names), while Peter pretty much saved Prussia (but agreeing not to invade, and settle from pretty much nothing) from the annihilation which even Frederick was sure was going to happen.

 

[Arakhor]

Peter the Great was the father and predecessor of Tsarina Elizabeth, who fought against Frederick the Great and whose sudden death led to the shenanigans enabling Catherine the Great to become sole ruler of all the Russias.

 

[Kyriakos]

Peter the Great was the father and predecessor of Tsarina Elizabeth, who fought against Frederick the Great and whose sudden death led to the shenanigans enabling Catherine the Great to become sole ruler of all the Russias.

Hm!

Wait, who was the russian monarch who effectively dropped out of Catherine the Great's plan of restoration of the byz empire?

Austria was in agreement too, but Catherine's sudden (?) death ended that idea, iirc.

Maybe i got things the other way around (?). At any rate, which russian monarch enabled the peace treaty with Prussia when Prussia was about to be dismantled? (letter of Frederick, iirc, claiming himself that he may not have anything left to leave to his successor, etc).

Anyway, at least Fyrom has Mark Twain ( )

 

[Yeekim]

You're probably thinking of Peter III, husband of Catherine II (preceded her) and his son, Paul (succeeded her).
Anyway... I see you don't discriminate in your vendetta against Germany.

You do know Catherine was German too, right?

 

[Kyriakos]

You're probably thinking of Peter III, husband of Catherine II and his son, Paul.
Anyway... I see you don't discriminate in your vendetta against Germany.

Thanks, but how is that a vendetta against Germany? The main thing i wrote of was the cancellation of the russian plan to re-establish the byzantine empire

If i was posting in the same vein as you are, i'd claim something equally strange, eg that in your supposed attempt to be pro-Germany you even give Russia a rare pass and temporarily not act accordingly to your vendetta against Russia. But i am not, of course.

 

[Yeekim]

Thanks, but how is that a vendetta against Germany?

...german-loving miracle-of-house-Brandenburg enabling...grumble grumble

Anyway, it's mildly funny as long as it is confined to XVIII century.

 

[Kyriakos]

Anyway, it's mildly funny as long as it is confined to XVIII century.

As usual, that was playing second-fiddle to the actual gist of the post.