Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The map above shows which countries Americans consider their allies and friends and those they consider unfriendly or even their enemy.
The data is based off a YouGov poll conducted between January 28 – February 1, 2017, which asked 7,150 adults living in the United States the question:
“Do you consider the countries listed below to be a friend or an enemy of the United States?”
Note you can see the 2025 version here.
The map above shows a face combined from pictures of each of Africa’s Heads of State.
You can similar maps for Asia’s Heads of State below, along with a map of North America made from the faces from Mexican and American Governors and Canadian Premiers.
The map above shows how you can easily irritate various Europeans in just one sentence. These include:
The map above is a humours look at how the Dutch view other European languages.
Of course Dutch itself is view as the best language, with English being their second language since over 90% of people in the Netherlands can speak it.
The map above shows the percentage of residents in various European countries who are willing to fight and go to war for their country.
Full results below:
The map above shows potential exit names European Union countries could use if they decided to leave the EU in the same way as the UK did via “Brexit.”
A full list can be found below, including some additional ones that are not on the map, but were part of the original Reddit threads.
The map above shows the state of Women’s Suffrage in North America just 100 years ago. Amazingly, the majority of women in the United States still did not have the right to vote.
By mid-1917, the majority of Canadian provinces offered full suffrage to women, with the exceptions being Quebec and the Atlantic provinces (note Newfoundland would not join Canada until 1949).
However, in the United States the only states offering women the full right to vote were out West. Eastern, Southern, and Mid-Western states did not for the most part.
If you’re in London at some point before 1 March 2017, you need to head over to the British Library and check out Maps and the 20th Century: Drawing the Line. (and if not you should buy the book instead).
It is quite simply the best map exhibit I’ve ever seen.
The 3 Star Wars maps presented here are possibly some of the coolest and most original maps we’ve ever featured. They are the brainchild of freelance illustrator and artist Andrew DeGraff.
Each map shows the paths of the major characters in each of the original Star Wars trilogy films.