However, before we get to that here’s what the author had to say about their map:
“It’s All Greek To Me” In Other European Languages
The map above shows what the English idiom, “It’s all Greek To Me” (something is completely unintelligible or impossible to understand) is in other European languages.
For example, in Greece it translates to: “It’s Chinese to me”. Other alternatives include Hebrew, Spanish Villages and railway stations?
See below for a list by language (from Omniglot the source for this map) including some that didn’t make it onto the map:
Plymouth vs Jamestown: The Straight Tree Of God’s Blessing Liberty Vs The Crooked Tree Of God’s Curse Slavery: 1888 Historical Geography
The map above was created by John F. Smith in 1888 and is an attempt to show the Historical Geography of the United States in 1888.
The copy of the map above comes from the Library of Congress and here’s what is written at the bottom:
What The Bishop Chess Piece Is Called In Europe & What It Means
Here’s a list of the various names in European and other languages:
Map Of The Longest Place Names In Europe
Here’s the full list:
Does your country ‘Live, Laugh, Love’?
The map author explains:
US Jewish Population by County
The map above shows the total number of Jews living in the United States. Overall, the map creators estimate that there is a total Jewish population in the United States of 7,698,840 people.
And given that the total U.S. Population is 334,914,095 people, it means 2.3% of the total US population is Jewish.
Here is the data by state:
Map Of Polish Descendants & Diaspora Worldwide
There are around 20 million people of Polish ancestry living outside Poland today, compared to Poland’s current population of around 38 million.
Here are some estimates by country (note estimates differ somewhat from the map above)
Beaver Populations By Type in Europe: 1900 vs. 2021
The two maps above show Europe’s beaver population in 1900 compared to 2021.
They both come from this wonderful video by Qarol Mapping:
Map Of Africa in 1880: 5 Years Before the Scramble
This is just 5 years before the Berlin Conference in 1885 that would launch the so-called “Scramble for Africa,” of full European domination and conquest of the continent.
However, as you can clearly see in the map above European colonization was already well underway at this point.
You can see the comparison in the following simplified map:
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