Map Thread XVIII

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The President's House, Philadelphia, PA
July 4, 1791

President George Washington yawned widely, and stepped to the window of his bedroom, looking out on the city below. He smiled at the sight of a few waving American flags hanging from the sides of buildings, there in celebration and recognition of the nation's declaration of independence from Great Britain just fifteen years ago. He leaned against the wall and took in the scene below, men bustling about in their carriages and atop horseback, the scent of salty sea air filling his nostrils...

Wait.

What?

"Mister President!" exclaimed a voice, causing Washington to spin around, startled. Christopher Sheels bowed low, and said, "Sir, there is something you must see."

Washington got dressed as swiftly as one of his advanced age could, and left his room, his slave following closely behind. They walked a few blocks back to the State House and Sheels directed his master to climb to the top of the bell tower.

"Oh my... We surely do have a problem on our hands..."

George Washington surveyed the horizon. Where the Delaware River had cut off Pennsylvania from New Jersey was now open ocean as far as the eye could see.

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A map of the United States of America, ca. 1976

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On the night of July 3/4, 1791, ten US cities were hurtled through time and space to a virgin Earth. In a twist of fate, whatever force that had sent these cities across the globe transported them to the eastern Mediterranean, on the coasts of Greece and Asia Minor. The cradle of democracy.

The cities were sent to the sites of OTL great Ancient Greek cities, these being:

Philadelphia/Athens
New York City/Corinth
Boston/Sparta
Baltimore/Thebes
Charleston/Syracuse
Providence/Argos
Salem/Miletus
Jamestown/Alexandria
Williamsburg/Ephesus
Newport/Byzantion
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While the United States spread its tendrils across Europe after a period of instability, some within its borders did not like this, and fled. Old British Loyalists who had not yet left for Canada made their way across the sea to the site of Carthage, founding New London and the United Kingdom of New Britain. In the early 1800s, during the presidency of Alexander Hamilton, rival Aaron Burr attempted to persuade the state of Carolina (formed from Charleston) to secede from the union, to no avail. To escape the treasonous charges levied on his head, he fled down the Persian Gulf to the Strait of Hormuz, forming his own sovereign (but downtrodden) country.
 
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ShahAbbas1571 said:
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Brilliant stuff--small quibble though. Kwangtung seems to be centered on the cities of Teochew (Chaozhou) and Swatow (Shantou), which as someone with roots in the area, I can tell you the natives wouldn't be exactly thrilled about being called Cantonese:p--the area has a unique Min Chinese culture more in line with Taiwan and Hokkien than with Kwantung/Guangdong.

That aside, that is a massive Tongning--Chiang Kaishek and Konxinga must be giggling with glee.
 
Pen

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Etruscan-enthusiast35 said:
It's probably not going to go anywhere special, just an easily editable map for fun.
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Bionicle is a really underrated franchise imo. I mean, personally I think if lego sold the franchise to a bunch of writers who wrote it as a novel with the same tone as the '07-'08 blogs it would be completely fucking amazing.


Any chance for a metru nui map?
 

ShahAbbas1571

Xianfeng Emperor said:
Brilliant stuff--small quibble though.
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Thanks! I'm sorry if I can't give you a good response to the subject, I'm generally ignorant of the specific details on the southern parts of China. Dealing with the endonyms is hard enough, there's a lot of people emphasizing the historical context that I don't realize until it's too late. But I'll try my best to put some research into them, I'll probably give me some context for them in the future.
 
tungsterismapping

tungsterismapping

It seems that I have found a bunch of these. But they are all really high resolution (8192 by 4096) making them 8K.
I am shook
I have found 8K-BAM for all the planets. and a bunch more.
 
Historyman 14

Historyman 14

HeX said:


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uICkVVu.png

A map of the United States of America, ca. 1976

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The cities were sent to the sites of OTL great Ancient Greek cities, these being:

Philadelphia/Athens
New York City/Corinth
Boston/Sparta
Baltimore/Thebes
Charleston/Syracuse
Providence/Argos
Salem/Miletus
Jamestown/Alexandria
Williamsburg/Ephesus
Newport/Byzantion
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While the United States spread its tendrils across Europe after a period of instability, some within its borders did not like this, and fled. Old British Loyalists who had not yet left for Canada made their way across the sea to the site of Carthage, founding New London and the United Kingdom of New Britain. In the early 1800s, during the presidency of Alexander Hamilton, rival Aaron Burr attempted to persuade the state of Carolina (formed from Charleston) to secede from the union, to no avail. To escape the treasonous charges levied on his head, he fled down the Persian Gulf to the Strait of Hormuz, forming his own sovereign (but downtrodden) country.
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Please tell us more. What is the USA like by 1976? How is the tech level? What is the new UK like?
 
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