Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The map above splits Canada in 6 different parts and asks you to pick the one you want to spend the rest of your life in.
The vast majority of non-Canadians would probably pick E as it includes both Vancouver and the Rocky mountains.
However, I would choose C as it includes where I grew up and all of my Canadian friends and family.
A little bit more about each of them for the non-Canadians among you:
The map above shows the location of 3,554 Shipwrecks Around Ireland where the location is known going all the way back to 1530. About their database:
It struck me as amusing that both Czechia and Hungary have 10x the number of porn stars compared to Slovakia which is sandwiched between them.
Here is the data from the map, along with some speculation as to why those countries as so much higher than the rest:
The map was published in German under the title: Das Neue Europa Mit Dem Dauernden Frieden. Die Unionisierung Mitteleuropas. (English: The New Europe With Lasting Peace. The Central European Union)
More about it below:
Here’s what each of them was up to at the time:
You can see an interactive version of the map here which includes the location of 1,000 castles.
Or buy a map here.
Also from the author:
The map above shows what the US might look like if it all 50 states radiated out from the centre of the country. From the map author:
The map above titled “Jewish Imperial Ambitions in Palestine and Neighbouring Countries” was an anti-Israel propaganda map published in August 1967 by the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine.
More about the map:
