Hey, I once did the "move Australia westward" thing in one of my MotM entries and I won. 🙂
Return of Horrible Educational Maps
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Weirder still, they left some English words untranslated (grey-brown, red-yellow, and chestnut) but translated everything else into Dutch.
This may be my ignorance of soil classification showing, but it's also weird to me to call the American South a "desert".
Given that the equivalent latitude and coastal position on the Eurasian Continent (South China) has the same soiltypes, I'm not sure it is wrong.
(Shanghai's latitude is about half way between Jacksonville and Savannah)
Interesting that they only provided the French and not Dutch name of Belgium, despite Dutch speakers making up over half of the country and being wealthier. I mean sure French is the former prestige/elite language, but it seems bizarre to exclude that while also providing bilingual variants of Ireland.
So the map is truly the wet dream of some French - totally french Switzerland and Belgium, no England, and failed Spain.
Good catch. The map is wrong. The American South is dominated by Ultisols, a type of red clay soil. They're also found in southern China, which has a similar climate. Deserts have Aridosols, which are tan in color and are nutrient-poor.
So, a play on the "Columbus' perception of the world is correct" scenario?
