Mmh, the left side of the map looks like a mirrored badly drawn version of Africa and Europe, with Arabia being placed near the 'E'.look closely
However the right side is unrecognizable, except for Antarctica, Newfoundland and the Hudson bay.
Mmh, the left side of the map looks like a mirrored badly drawn version of Africa and Europe, with Arabia being placed near the 'E'.look closely
NA has the antarctic peninsula instead of mexico, and there is Atlantis with a copy of the Baltic sea in it. Oh, and huge green Greenland.Mmh, the left side of the map looks like a mirrored badly drawn version of Africa and Europe, with Arabia being placed near the 'E'.
However the right side is unrecognizable, except for Antarctica, Newfoundland and the Hudson bay.
I don't want to live on this planet any more.Allegedly from a textbook made in Hong Kong.
As far as one can tell they didn't forget New Zealand. Pity that they seemed to have forgotten nearly everything else about map making...
Edit: I decided to put it in as a thumbnail. That map is that bad, enlarge thumb at your own risk.
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Apart from the projection, and bits of eastern Europe, this isn't so bad.
United Ireland is always a brave thing to put on a Political Map. Indonesia has also annexed Papua New Guinea (or perhaps vice versa?) That said by not showing the Falklands at all they have at least avoided any controversy in the South Atlantic.Apart from the projection, and bits of eastern Europe, this isn't so bad.
The equator and the tropics are, er… not exactly tropical.
The equator and the tropics are, er… not exactly tropical.
Tanzania and the DRC appear to have unified into a single megablob in Central Africa. Also, Bohai Bay appears to have become the subject of land reclamation.Apart from the projection, and bits of eastern Europe, this isn't so bad.
If it's bad on purpose, then it belongs in the map shitpost thread.And now more for the lulz a map (found at reddit) where they deliberately omitted the first letter of each state.
"Ew, Jersey" -New YorkersAnd now more for the lulz a map (found at reddit) where they deliberately omitted the first letter of each state.
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This makes me wish that I could read CantoneseAllegedly from a textbook made in Hong Kong.
As far as one can tell they didn't forget New Zealand. Pity that they seemed to have forgotten nearly everything else about map making...
Edit: I decided to put it in as a thumbnail. That map is that bad, enlarge thumb at your own risk.
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Mercator has its uses... if you're a navigatorMercator.
Just say NO
"These continent sizes aren't accidentally misrepresented or due to the Mercator projection, it is actually an intentional colonial way of portraying superiority"