Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The vast majority simply call it Istanbul, with the Balkan countries and Russia sometimes also referring to it as Tsarigrad and Romania, Moldova and Georgia still sometimes using the old name of Constantinople.
However, Greece is the lone holdout which refuses to recognise the last 500 years of history and stubbornly refuses to call it anything other than Constantinople (I guess they didn’t like it better that way).
Here’s more on the name change of the city:
Here are the cities shown:
The meals are:
On the 23rd of August 2023, adaptive athlete and open water swimmer Sophie Etheridge achieved a remarkable feat by completing the longest solo swim across the English Channel, 30-mile (48km), in 29 hours and 4 minutes using only her arms .
She raised £6,185 (at the time of publication) for Starlight which you can learn more about on the JustGiving page here.
The map above has received quite a bit of attention, which she addresses in a Facebook post:
The table below gives the gun ownership breakdown for each US state with data coming from Data Panda.
The beautiful historical maps of Europe below are all the work of Imperial Maps who publishes their maps on Deviant Art and also sells them on their Etsy store you can visit here.
Both the orange and blue areas each contribute 50% of America’s GDP.
From the author:
The map above shows what Trump’s failed peace plan for Israel & Palestine called the Peace to Prosperity: A Vision to Improve the Lives of the Palestinian and Israeli People would have looked like.
From the map:
