Maps that explain the World
Pamphlets from1920 spread by the Hungarian Government to foreign locals disagreeing about the Treaty of Trianon. In this way, the Government made an effort to explain what this would converte to if the same thing happened to France, Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the German Empire.
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Panama Canal was opened on August 15, 1914. France began work on the canal in 1881 but stopped due to a high worker mortality rate. The U.S. took over the project in 1904.
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Five thematic maps of Japan published by TIME Fortune weekly magazine.
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The map is dated December 1, 1918. The armistice with Germany was less than a month old. Most of Central and Eastern Europe were in revolutionary chaos.
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View of the United States from San-Francisco is an illustration showing how Silicon Valley residents see the rest of the U.S. Designed by Kirby Scudder, it was first published as the cover for the Pacific Ventures (1986).
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1st ReichThe small map dated 1914 shows the area ruled by Kaiser Wilhelm I, who has proclaimed Emperor in Versailles
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Engraved uncolored comparative view of the known Lengths of the Principal Rivers in the World.
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Compare mountain vegetation on the Himalaya, Andes, Alps, and Lappland, Teneriffa, Chimborazo, Mont Blanc, and Sulitjelma (Norway).
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Who are they, these hunters and nomads along the ice-encrusted shores and frozen tundra of the Arctic basin? These tenacious men and women who, until recent times, wrested their livelihoods from the world’s harshest environment, who shaped rich traditions from a meager land?
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On September 12, 1939, Ireland declared neutrality. Ireland told Britain not to send over any ships, submarines, or aircraft and informed Germany of Irish neutrality.
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