1728 map of Morocco
1805 map of Australia
1805 map of Australia
‘The Ulimaroa name has some interesting background- that’s a real TIL! - thank you!
Same! Very cool. And in the age of Spanish, Portugese, Dutch and British ruling the waves, a Swedish cartographer is out of left field
That Australia was very nearly claimed by the French, and the populate or perish mentality is well known - this was a snippet that I really didn’t know, especially: did the Maoris know of Australia? Really cool’
Passenger Railways of Australia
Passenger Railways of Australia
‘It’s weird seeing what I had previously compartmentalised as separate train networks actually forming a connected whole
I travel frequently on the XPT trains between Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, so I’ve developed a map in my head of the networks of those regions.
Melbourne: you arrive at Southern Cross station, there are charging stations, $10 shower facilities, and other trains that’ll take you around Melbourne and Victoria.
Sydney: this station used to be a maze for me, there are bathrooms, but I don’t think I noticed any showers or charging stations.
Brisbane: the XPT always arrives and departs at the worst times imaginable, so you have to wait at Central station and not Roma St station most of the time. The station is also under construction so yeah literally nothing for you here.
Also no need for bus cards in Melbourne or Sydney, but in Brisbane you need it for the Airport - Central - Beenleigh - Varsity Lakes route still I think. Not sure when bus cards will stop being a thing but yeah’
1720 map showing California as an island
1720 map showing California as an island - by Nicolas de Fer
‘Would be interesting to know the route they travelled through California. I guess they crossed the gulf thinking Cali was an Island, and continued north not realising they were on the same landmass they departed from. Looks like they got all the way up to Monterey Bay but still thought they were on an island!
Iirc they sailed across for a long time. The Spanish were also sailing up down the coast. At one point they were sailing between Monterey and Drakes Bay up around Point Reyes which is around the area labeled Mendocino. This route took them by the San Francisco Bay but they didn’t know it was there for like 200 years. They sailed past it and never noticed the inlet because it was always foggy. Another interesting thing is that the area labeled something like “Sebas” is probably the Russian River Basin. This happens to be the most northern extension of the Spanish Empire and the Most Southern extension of the Russian Empire
Thank you for the reply! Had no idea the Russians went as far as California, and I also didn’t notice the “S. Fran” on the map until you mentioned it. Very interesting, I’ll have to look up more about it. Hard to believe that only 300 years ago this was all uncharted territory, for Europeans anyway’
1727 map of Denmark
1727 map of Italy
Illinois population density (2020)
Illinois population density (2020)
‘Anything other than blue = corn/soybean, every last acre. Illinois is an agricultural powerhouse as well as having the 3rd largest city/metro with nearly 10 million people’
Wisconsin population density (2020)
Linguistic structure of Montenegro by settlements (2011)
Linguistic structure of Montenegro by settlements (2011)
‘This is a linguistic map of Montenegro according to the 2011 population census. Data is according to settlements
Do the “Serbian” and “Montenegrin” responses reflect any linguistic difference, or just a dispute over what the language should be called?
No. Montenegrin is purely Serbian with a regional accent
You mean Serbo-Croatian. Serbian is yet another dialect’
1586 map of Greece, western Turkey, and the Balkans
1586 map of Greece, western Turkey, and the Balkans - by Stefano Bonsignori
‘The color gives it Assassins creed vibes!’
1726 map of Kiel, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
1726 map of Kiel, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany - by Homanns Erben Holmer
1726 map of Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula
Geographical distribution of the main ethno-cultural communities in Israel and Palestine
Geographical distribution of the main ethno-cultural communities in Israel and Palestine
‘Man, Israel is tiny
Really is. Gaza is about the size of Manhattan and the Bronx put together, which is real tiny’
Languages used at home by Torres Strait Islanders (2021)
Main ethnic groups in Sydney by statistical area (2016)
Main ethnic groups in Sydney by statistical area (2016)
‘Wow, great map! Very interesting’
1822 map of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (published in 1830)
1822 map of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (published in 1830) - by John Melish
‘go birds’
The biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef, and some of its threats
National Geographic map of the Americas (1979)
1725 map of Asia
1725 map of the Caspian Sea and the Kamchatka Peninsula
1725 map of the Caspian Sea and the Kamchatka Peninsula - by Johann Homann
Bird's-eye view map of Newark, New Jersey (1916)
Bird’s-eye view map of Newark, New Jersey - by T. J. S. Landis (1916)
‘It is telling that pretty much half of the map is about how it is connected to NYC’
Indigenous Americans by U.S. state (2020)
Indigenous Americans by U.S. state (2020)
‘You guys really did a number on the indigenous east of the Mississippi river’
Languages of Paraguay
Languages of Paraguay
‘I would have thought that you could also see German on the map
Look for Plautdietsch = Low German
Unless this was a Nazi joke😅
Yes, big Mennonite population in western Paraguay’
Rand McNally map of Canada (1889)
Rand McNally map of Canada (1889)
‘I didn’t realize Saskatchewan used to be like that
Those were the districts of the North West Territories at the time. The districts of Assiniboine, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Athabasca would be combined to make the two provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta in 1905.
Originally, Frederick Haultain, Premier of the NWT during that time, was pushing for a province of Buffalo, which would include all of the two provinces lands. Prime minister Laurier, fearing a provincial rival to the existing duopolistic control of Ontario and Quebec, split it at the 110th meridian’