I made a very stupid miscalculationso it is Lilliput, then
. It must be 30 cm. So between Liliput and Hobitton.Return of Horrible Educational Maps
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. It must be 30 cm. So between Liliput and Hobitton.
I made a very stupid miscalculation
So when Eric Idle sings "they only come up to your knees" he meant that map, I see...
Speaking of maps where someone obviously just painted over a modern map:
Although I guess I'll cut him some slack. Given the turkish layover labels that hapless map maker might have had the map of my post #1461 as source materiel.
It's always nice when you know who to credit for the aberration of the week.
Don't worry, I'll give you my forks in a few seconds.
*Stabs himself in both holes*
It broke loose during the spring floods and managed to get stuck at the Tatra Mountains when the waters finally receded. And given the map that is not the weirdest thing that happened there.
Ottoman Greater Ruthenia?
Random mostly unified Italy?
Denmark that controls most of the northern coast of Germany?
All eye-gouging horribleness aside, I find it quite interesting how many Turkish names seem to have come from French: Fransa (of course), Ingiltere (from Angleterre), Irlanda (From Irlande. Might just be a corruption of Ireland tho), Norveç (from Norvège), Iskoçya (from Ecosse), that I can see here.