Return of Horrible Educational Maps

[Balkanized U.S.A]

“And our armies will also march into here...”

“Sir, that’s the Black Sea.”

“We’ll give them snorkels, Mother Russia bows to no one, not even Poseidon!”

"And nuke the shit out of the invading army while we're going through. Poseidon won't mind."

 

[Somebody-Someone]

Sumatra has disappeared, as have Java and Iceland.

But hey, at least they got all those uninhabited Canadian islands!

It's really bizarre how Baffin Island is probably, like, the 5th most common island for terrible maps to actually retain.

 

[BrobDingnag]

"And nuke the shit out of the invading army while we're going through. Poseidon won't mind."

“If we can’t get someone else’s warm water port, we’ll simply make our own water warm.“

 

[justinNL]

Not only has China and the Netherlands destroyed the Americas, they have gobbled up neighbouring territory.

We're lucky you didn't notice Africa.

 

[Albidoom]

When you are supposed to make a globe but can't be arsed to actually wrap the continents around it. Or use a properly sized sphere anyways...

On such a world Columbus was lucky to run into the Americas, he would never have lasted the long way around.

 

[Aghasverov]

When you are supposed to make a globe but can't be arsed to actually wrap the continents around it. Or use a properly sized sphere anyways...

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On such a world Columbus was lucky to run into the Americas, he would never have lasted the long way around.

As someone who considers map projections something of a hobby (have even developed a few of my own ) I.... am speechless...

I think I may understand the "logic" behind some of it, but as a whole.... it makes the brain ache

 

[Albidoom]

And now a map from the nationalarchives, which is meant to be educational (heck, "education" is even part of the map's web address)

Probably kinda lucky that the text field obscures much of the map, but I soon found another one where the Balkans ain't covered up by text:

 

[Analytical Engine]

Ah yes, the great nation of "The Balkans".

Also...*screams forever*

 

[Crazy Boris]

And now a map from the nationalarchives, which is meant to be educational (heck, "education" is even part of the map's web address)

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Probably kinda lucky that the text field obscures much of the map, but I soon found another one where the Balkans ain't covered up by text:

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Has Albania conquered Montenegro or has Montenegro conquered Albania?

The world may never know

 

[naraht]

Has Albania conquered Montenegro or has Montenegro conquered Albania?

The world may never know

If Spain has conquered Portugal then the first, if Portugal has conquered Spain, then the second.

 

[BrobDingnag]

Has Albania conquered Montenegro or has Montenegro conquered Albania?

Hail to Albantenegro
Where my young children may grow
Up to sing an allegro song!
*dun, dun dun, dun dun dun*
Hail to Albantenegro
and NBC!
*dun dun dun dun*

 

[justinNL]

Ah yes, the Great Lake of Corinth!

Luckily the map is drawn so bad that you can't see if Flevoland is century early.

 

[Aghasverov]

And now a map from the nationalarchives, which is meant to be educational (heck, "education" is even part of the map's web address)

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Probably kinda lucky that the text field obscures much of the map, but I soon found another one where the Balkans ain't covered up by text:

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Now this... may be the most crap-tacular map of Europe I've seen, "educational" or otherwise. I drew better maps of Europe than that, freehand, on scrap paper, when I was in elementary school.
I especially like the date caption. Amazing that those boundaries lasted from 1839 all the way to 1914!

 

[Jeremak]

Thai travel guide. And a original map source: https://www.deviantart.com/followbywhiterabbit/art/Map-of-Poland-B-273315238

 

[Analytical Engine]

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Thai travel guide. And a original map source: https://www.deviantart.com/followbywhiterabbit/art/Map-of-Poland-B-273315238

That must be from an ATL. The map is too high quality to be a mistake.

 

[George Carty]

From the documentary "Nazi Collaborators: The Arajs Commando":

It looks like they thought that Poland had the same borders before and after World War II!

 

[akoslows]

From the documentary "Nazi Collaborators: The Arajs Commando":

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It looks like they thought that Poland had the same borders before and after World War II!

And they appear to be under the impression that Lithuania managed to annex half of East Prussia after WW1.

 

[Gokbay]

From the documentary "Nazi Collaborators: The Arajs Commando":

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It looks like they thought that Poland had the same borders before and after World War II!

The Nazi-Soviet partition line is wrong too. Outside of Lithuanian Kaliningrad oblast I personally can forgive the borders since they are clearly all modern day. Also Estonian islands (and Rügen?) are not coloured. Also Switzerland is apparently 1: Completely glacier 2: under German Control. Also looks like France and Benelux fell but Germany did not invade Denmark and Norway yet. Also showing Slovakia (and Italy?) as German but not the rest of the Axis minors?

 

[Albidoom]

Another one from the nationalarchives.

Admittedly the borders are not all that bad (we have much worse in this thread after all) just a wee bit wonky, but I like the size of that Alsace-Lorraine that Germany had to cede ("just draw a wobbly line from Luxembourg to Switzerland, they lost it so who cares where the precise border was?")

 

[Albidoom]

Unfortunately reddit gave no further info about those wannabe boycotters, even though their protest flag has a "SHAREit"