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This 1558 map is arguably the first map showing the Americas in its entirety. First time the phrase Mare Pacificum was used. Japan (Zipangri) moved very close to Mexico. The big ship is the Victoria, the only surviving ship of Magellan’s voyage. Source: https://t.co/DzeLjyG5zK
100 years ago this bizarre version of Europe was proposed by Austrian P.A. Maas as an attempt to create permanent peace in Europe by getting rid of traditional nation states. It's so mad it hurts my brain. Source: https://t.co/ETfP9vbbSD
This emoji cloud was built from 128.5k tweets that referred to "Halloween". Source: https://t.co/vMzqXgo6wW
This map is from the vault of @nytimes and visualises mobile phone connections as of 2011. The geographical patterns that emerge are interesting to view and of course don't correspond with state borders. Source: https://t.co/LCmvdCVloY
Amazing map by Richard Edes Harrison from 1942 allows us to view the world as if we looked at a globe. Go to the high-res version in the source to read the text explaining what we see and where the naval bases are. Awesome piece. Source: https://t.co/iikRMAHWfC
"Canakkale 18 Mart 1915." When reading history I always have to look at maps to make sense of what's happening and to make it all more real. Here we see the Gallipoli peninsula on the Dardanelles Strait. A gateway to the Gallipoli WWI battlefields. Source: https://t.co/10whqPu0Mr
Another great piece of work by @John_M_Nelson. Rotating an old atlas page was easy enough. In the digital age rotating this lovely old map (view from top of My Washington) via scrolling is easier.
Blog: https://t.co/YfrIB3j7CX
Rotate the map yourself: https://t.co/FSVbPsyKd5
"Migrations in Motion" This map by The Nature Conservancy shows mammal (pink), bird (blue) and amphibian (yellow) animal migrations in the Americas. Source: https://t.co/Vt2r8y64mx
This map of Vesuvius from 1832 shows the routes of flows of lava across 200 years of major eruptions (between 1631 and 1831). We can also see trails, landmarks and cities. Pompeii can be seen in the bottom right corner. Source: https://t.co/rXWqnAKue2
This is the ultimate interactive Germany map. It's great fun but in German. I guess you could kinda guess your way through it if you don't speak German. Source: https://t.co/Y91BVjKpVK