Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
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:
The different colors on the map represent regions with the approximate time periods during which agriculture was introduced, while the arrows indicate the likely diffusion routes.
However, if you look closely, you might notice something’s missing.
The map above shows what the Tube Map might have looked like had proposals from 1946 had been implemented.
The plans are nothing if not ambitious, especially for a country that still had rationing in effect following the devastation of World War 2.
The source for these plans was the Railway (London Plan) Committee: report to the Ministry of War Transport 21st January 1946.
Some highlights include:
The map above is tube / subway style map of the major Roman roads around 125 AD. It is the amazing work of Sasha Trubetskoy and is largely based off the ORBIS Model of the Roman World and The Pelagios Project.
The 8 maps above are just a sample of the 220 metro and light rail system maps from around the world that have been shrunken and simplified by Peter Dovak at Transit Oriented.
You can see the complete list of mini metro maps below:
The map above shows the extent of the Vatican City’s railway system (Holy See railway). With just two 300 metre sets of tracks and two freight sidings measuring a total of 1.27km (0.79 miles), it’s the shortest railway system in the world.