The king of this country of giants thought of humans as vermin
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Was this map supposed to scare secessionist Virginia back into the Union?
They even made it through the Northwest Passage
Is this map merely absurd or does it make a political point?
There is a ‘precious’ level to this map, and a naughty one.
Ebenezer Howard’s utopian plan to blur the line between gardens and cities produced a number of depressing ‘new towns’
Everybody was getting ready for conflict, but at least they all agreed this map was funny
Taiwan – officially: the Republic of China – claims territories of ten of China’s neighbours
What could be more rational – or more revolutionary – than to impose a rectangular grid on France’s age-old divisions?
The only way to visit this island is to read the book
“Paula” is the emblem of the western world’s most populous sub-nation
Centuries of isolation left the Japanese with limited knowledge of world geography
Back in 1920, native-born Parisians were a minority in their own city
If most maps are like meat and potatoes, these are like fruit and dessert
Cannibalism is the ultimate yardstick for barbarity, and the ideal excuse to subjugate the accused
The floorplan was “drawn from notes taken while reading all 60 Sherlock Holmes stories twice in a row“
Texas and Tennessee are the two states most mentioned in country lyrics
Squeezed in between two occupation zones, the locals opted for independence – and smuggling.
Past Affection Farm, take a left at the River of Tears
Now one of the smaller states, it once covered half the continent
One supercontinent, ringing the equator
Despite the levelling force of the Revolution, France is still very diverse – often in weird and surprising ways
This cartographic predator was born in 1583, and would be cut in half barely 65 years later
The McFarthest place is somewhere in South Dakota
Portugal’s inferiority complex leads to a very curious comparison
America’s demographic centre of gravity has been moving steadily eastward for over 200 years
Europe’s most powerful country is annexed out of existence by its neighbours