Thande
Donor
Decided to put this in this section as I tend to think of it as 'the one with the Map threads'...
I've made a series of maps showing our own world throughout history - so far I've only gone back as far as 1800 - for the purposes being templates that everyone can use. Say, if you have a TL with a POD in 1914 (such as no WW1 or a different one), you can use my 1914 map as a starting point for any maps you make of the eventual result of that POD.
I've made great use of the D.K. Atlas of World History, which helpfully provides world maps of 1800, 1850, 1900 and so on.
Obviously there are some areas open to dispute, e.g. what constitutes a sphere of influence. I welcome any comments about any mistakes I may have made.
To begin with, here is the colour scheme that I have used all the way through, this being about the maximum number of colours I think you can use in GIF format before they start to look too similar. Which countries I have applied colours to is somewhat arbitrary and based on the fact that these maps mostly covers the age of European empires. If I go back any further I'd probably need distinct colours for Persia and...
Anyway, to begin with, here is the key (or legend as the Americans would have it), showing the colour scheme:
I've made a series of maps showing our own world throughout history - so far I've only gone back as far as 1800 - for the purposes being templates that everyone can use. Say, if you have a TL with a POD in 1914 (such as no WW1 or a different one), you can use my 1914 map as a starting point for any maps you make of the eventual result of that POD.
I've made great use of the D.K. Atlas of World History, which helpfully provides world maps of 1800, 1850, 1900 and so on.
Obviously there are some areas open to dispute, e.g. what constitutes a sphere of influence. I welcome any comments about any mistakes I may have made.
To begin with, here is the colour scheme that I have used all the way through, this being about the maximum number of colours I think you can use in GIF format before they start to look too similar. Which countries I have applied colours to is somewhat arbitrary and based on the fact that these maps mostly covers the age of European empires. If I go back any further I'd probably need distinct colours for Persia and...
Anyway, to begin with, here is the key (or legend as the Americans would have it), showing the colour scheme: