Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The map above shows a hypothetical post-WWII occupation plan for Japan based on how the allies divided Germany.
In our timeline, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 and Nagasaki on 9 August 1945, likely forced a quicker end to the war than would have happened without them.
The chains are:
And in case you you haven’t experienced the chains above here’s a little more about them:
The map above shows the size of the Portuguese Empire in 1934 compared to Europe in attempt to show that Portugal was not a small (aka unimportant) country.
The title is in French and says: “Portugal N’est Pas un Petit Pays”, Portugal is Not A Small Country.
And although it’s probably the best known version of the map, it’s actually not the original.
From the Cornell Library:
The map above shows where people do and don’t pronounce the ‘R’ sound in the word Arm.
In the 1950s it was very common for people in the South West and North East of England to pronounce it, but by 2016 that pronunciation had almost entirely vanished.
The map above shows how people refer to the period between summer and winter in the UK.
Now almost everyone calls it Autumn, but go back to 1950 the term Backend was more commonly used throughout Northern England, with Autumn mainly being a Southern term.
The map above shows what people in various parts of the UK and Ireland call a small piece of wood under the skin.
Today, almost everyone calls it a splinter, except a few holdouts in North-East England who still call it spelk.
However, rewind to 1950 and there were a many regional differences including:
The map above shows the ceded to France from Italy in the Paris Peace Treaty Of 1947. The map is from the Office of the Geographer, Department of State and reads:
In total, Iain Mullan estimates Cash travelled 174,493 km between the 92 cities mentioned in the song.
He starts the song by saying: “I was totin’ my pack along the dusty Winnemucca (NV) road” then goes on to list:
The above Map shows the number of dentists per 10,000 people in Europe.
Sweden, San Marino and Bulgaria (when are they ever grouped together) are the three standout countries with more than 15 per 10,000 people, whereas Montenegro shockingly has fewer than 1 per 10,000.
Here are the full rankings: