Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The map above and the videos below show the slow and steady progress of the women’s rights movements over three hundred years.
They are all the work of The Borys on Youtube.
Below you can watch the original video as well as sped up one, followed by a full explanation.
The map above comes from Mark Ovenden’s brilliant book: Transit Maps of the World: Expanded and Updated Edition of the World’s First Collection of Every Urban Train Map on Earth.
And it shows the world connected via London tube style transit map.
How much wealthier are US Billionaires compared to European ones? Which country has the most billionaires per capita? How much wealth do billionaires hold?
Well these maps will look to answer those questions and many more.
Canada is the lone exception of any country that does not need a VISA or ESTA to enter under most circumstances.
British Overseas Territories citizens of Bermuda are also granted this exemption but to qualify, they must present a British passport with “Government of Bermuda” on the cover, with the nationality listed as “British Overseas Territories Citizen” or “British Dependent Territories Citizen”, and containing an endorsement stamp of “Holder is registered as a Bermudian”, “Holder possesses Bermudian status” or “Holder is deemed to possess Bermudian status”.
From the map author:
The map above is Francis Galton’s earliest known isochronic map, published in 1881 for the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, illustrates travel times from London, United Kingdom, to various parts of the world, measured in days.
The map assumes favorable travel conditions, prearranged land transport, and the use of contemporary travel methods within a reasonable cost.
From the map itself:
The underlying data comes from Slave Voyages, which has more detailed maps, from the Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade a couple of which you can see below:
From the map:
Cats may be highly independent creatures, but their language is quite similar throughout the world.
The majority of cat sounds begin with an ‘m,’ including the familiar Meow (Australia, Kenya and Micronesia, to name but a few).
There’s Miau in Nicaragua, Myaco in Nepal, and Miu Miu in Bangladesh.
True to form, however, some felines will just do their own thing, including those in North and South Korea (Yaong) and Malaysia (Ngiau).
Here are the sounds in various languages around the world according to Language Pro.
Also see: Dog Bark Sounds: How Different Countries & Languages Represent Dog Sounds in Words
How do you say it?
The map above is based off of a Q4 2024 Yougov Survey asking British adults if they’d ever heard of the country and if they had, whether or not they had a positive opinion about it.
Now just because a country has a positive low score doesn’t necessarily mean British adults dislike a country, but could simply mean they have no opinion about it one way or another.
Personally, I don’t have strong views on Palau, Comoros or Nauru.
You can see the full survey results below.