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Treaty of Alcáçovas (1479): The World’s First Colonial Partition Treaty

Last Updated: September 11, 2025 2 Comments

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Treaty of Alcáçovas, The World's First Colonial Partition Treaty

Map created by reddit user FairyCelebi
The map above shows the theorical division of the world in the Treaty of Alcáçovas in 1479.

From the author:

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Filed Under: Uncategorized, World Maps

10 Countries Where Apostasy (The Act Of Leaving A Religion) Is Theoretically Punishable By Death

Last Updated: September 11, 2025 Leave a Comment

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10 Countries Where Apostasy (The act of leaving a religion) Is Theoretically Punishable By Death

Map created by reddit user OverallBaker3572
The map above shows 10 countries where apostasy (the act of leaving a religion) is punishable by death (at least in theory).

More about why below:

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Filed Under: World Maps

Map Of The World’s Railways

Last Updated: September 11, 2025 1 Comment

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Map Of The World's Railways

Map found on reddit
The map above shows all of the world’s railways (both passenger and freight). It was created using data from TravelGeo’s Open Train Project.

From their website:

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Fictional Space Flags For Each Country’s Space Program

Last Updated: September 10, 2025 1 Comment

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Fictional Space Flags For Each Country's Space Program part 1

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Which States Make Up The US South?

Last Updated: November 11, 2025 1 Comment

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Which States Make Up The US South?

Map created by Walt Hickey
The map above looks at what states self-proclaimed Southerners consider to be part of the US South.

It follows on from yesterday’s post about Which States Make Up The US Midwest?.

The US census defines the region as the following 16 states (plus DC):

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Filed Under: United States

Which States Make Up The US Midwest?

Last Updated: December 2, 2025 3 Comments

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Which States Make Up The US Midwest?

Map created by Walt Hickey
The map above looks at what states self-proclaimed Midwesterners consider to be part of the US Midwest.

Also see: Which States Make Up The US South?

The US census defines the region as the following 12 states:

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Population of Nunavut Vs World

Last Updated: September 9, 2025 2 Comments

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Population of Nunavut Vs World

Canada’s territory of Nunavut is both Canada’s largest and least populated province or territory.

It covers and area of 1,877,778 km2 or nearly 8x the size of the UK or 2.5x the size of Texas.

It’s so big that makes up about one-fifth of Canada’s total land area.

But it has a population of just 36,858 people.

This is so few people that only 5 countries in the world have fewer people:

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Filed Under: World Maps, Canada

Canada’s Smallest Province Vs Its 3 Territories

Last Updated: September 10, 2025 3 Comments

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Canada's Smallest Province Vs The Territories

The map above shows how crazy Canada’s population distribution is.

The blue island is Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada’s smallest and least populous province.

If it wasn’t for Anne of Green Gables the island would probably be almost entirely unknown outside Canada (or really within Canada for that matter).

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Zones of Occupation Of France From June 1815 to November 1818 Following Napoleon’s Defeat

Last Updated: September 8, 2025 Leave a Comment

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Zones of Occupation Of France From June 1815 to November 1818 Following Napoleon's Defeat

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The map above shows the zones of occupation of France by the various victorious allied powers following Napoleon’s final defeat at Waterloo.

Before seeing the map, I’d never head about the occupation here’s what I learned about it:

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You Can Get To Every State & Province Minnesota Borders By Only Travelling South

Last Updated: September 8, 2025 Leave a Comment

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You Can Get To Every State & Province Minnesota Borders By Only Travelling South

Map created by reddit user ThePirateRS
The map above shows that it’s theoretically possible to travel south Minnesota and still enter every state and province it borders. It was actually inspired by this map about Arkansas.

from the author:

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Filed Under: United States

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