New Holland and New Zealand (1842)
New Holland and New Zealand (1842)
’“Sidney” and “Melborne”‘–RobotShittingDuck
New Holland and New Zealand (1842)
’“Sidney” and “Melborne”‘–RobotShittingDuck
1890 map of Palestine / compiled by George Armstrong and revised by Colonel Sir Charles W. Wilson and Major C. R. Conder
‘Wilson was quite a charectar, if you visit Jerusalem today you can still see Wilson’s arch, that he discovered’–valleyofdawn
1880 map showing the Holy Roman Empire [Germany] after the Peace of Westphalia until 1742 - by Heinrich Theodor Menke and Karl von Spruner
‘I love the HRE, beautiful and detailed map!’–Cel_Francis
Early 19th century map of South America (published 1835)
‘Ah yes, the capital of Paraguay, “Assumpoa”’–pampazul
1894 map of Manitoba
‘That land was surveyed in imperial units. I was curious whether this map showed imperial or metric surveys, so I looked it up.
The land offices now accept plots in both, converting imperial surveys to metric’–Kendota_Tanassian
1890s Japanese map of New Zealand
‘It looks like a picture from the title block of Evangelion’–ArhontNaPopustu
1854 map of the world on Mercator’s projection showing the routes of Cook’s fateful 3rd voyage ; also with comparative tables of the heights of mountains and waterfalls, and other illustrations
‘Interesting seeing that they considered the Indian and Pacific to be one mega ocean’–KolonelJoe
1895 Ethnographic map of Austria-Hungary
‘Cool and informative!’–mickhead23
1895 map of Denmark and its territories
‘There is something about these maps that… I dont know, just make them better looking then what we have today. So classy and stuff. Anyway, interesting to see how Denmark saw itself in those days. And weird seeing Iceland as a “territory” i know it was one, but seeing it in history is kinda weird, to used to see it as a independent country’–NobleAzorean
1893 birds-eye view of the Great Salt Lake Basin, and the upper Columbia (Snake and Clark Fork) and upper Missouri drainages
‘So the railroad basically followed the course to Montana that I-15 now traverses. It’s fun to think about what it would have been like to take the “Road to Yellowstone National Park” from the RR station at China Point. The map makes it look like a nearly straight and flat trail into the park. But some details on the map don’t add up: either the road actually started at Monida staying North of the mountains then via Raynolds Pass, or it cut through some steep and winding mountains to get up there from China Point, or it actually stayed to the south of that range, crossing the divide at Targhee Pass. 15 years later, you could just take the Oregon Short Line railroad from Idaho Falls up Henry’s Fork to West Yellowstone. That route is now accessible only by non-motorized means’–lightsuitman
Thematic maps of the world from 1874
‘I have to say, seeing a collection of thematic maps from the late-19th where none is about race is actually quite refreshing’–lycheesmakemehappy
Comparative Size of Lakes and Islands of the world, 1874
‘Beautiful flawed map!’–Djafar79
1891 County and Railroad Map Of Texas
‘In 1891 the major Texas cities would have had populations of Amarillo: 482 El Paso: 10,338 Austin: 14,575 Dallas: 38,000 Houston: 27,500 San Antonio: 37,673’–Darth_Texan
1891 map of Brazil - by Joao Coelho
‘Amazing! Thank you very much for sharing it!’–zhezow
1820 map of Asia - by Annin & Smith
‘This is a really sensible Europe-Asia division, I must say. I don’t understand why is Bashkiria with its Central Asian affiliations supposed to be in Europe. Nor the historical Pontic-Caspian steppe inhabited by Turkic nomads with an unclear difference from e.g. Kazakh nomads. Just because those lands got settled by a European power and the previous population got removed doesn’t make them European, at least not unless you think East Thrace became West Asian when settled by the Turks’–Humanophage
Movement of the travellers transported via the French railroads in 1891 (published 1893)
‘Someone may want to correct me, as I don’t speak French, but –
The width of the bands colored in purple represent on the scale of 1 millimeter per 100,000 passengers, the movement of travelers transported on each line section in both directions, that is to say the average number reduced to the total length of this line or this section.
The numbers of travelers attached to each line have been expressed in thousands with a single decimal for the hundreds’–AJgloe