Strange Maps — July 23, 2010

31 – Newfoundland On A Stamp

Not so much strange as just darn purty, this map of Newfoundland on a postage stamp, probably dating from before 1949, when it became a province of Canada (this happened after a referendum in which the other option was independence, with the joining of Canada making it with the slimmest of majorities: 50,50%). Taken off the website of Living Planet, a Newfie t-shirt producing collective with some more nice designs.

a group of open doors in front of a blue sky.

Hard Science

There are 4 different types of multiverse

The multiverse is an idea that has gained a lot of traction in popular culture. But what does science have to say about it?

a green map of china on a black background.

Sponsored

How China gained — and lost — its spot as the world’s wealthiest nation

The story of China is the story of global economics.

a woman's mouth with letters in the background.

High Culture

What will English sound like 1,000 years from now — if it even exists?

In order to figure out how English might evolve in the future, we have to look at how it has changed in the near and distant past.

Strange Maps

InterContinental Railway: All aboard the train from New York to Paris — via Siberia

Dig a 70-mile tunnel under the Bering Strait, and you get this amazing InterContinental Railway, which will reshape the world.

a blurry image of a person walking down a street.

Health

Psychedelics open a new window on the mechanisms of perception

Psychedelics mess with our prior beliefs, and could help us see what forms these beliefs in the first place.

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Strange Maps

19 – A Europe of ‘little states’

One last map by Leopold Kohr, also an addendum to his book ‘The Breakdown of Nations’ (1957). Kohr probably realised that dividing Europe into rectangular, US-style states would clash with […]