Maps that explain the World
Maps have been one of the most significant human creativity for millenary. People have invented and used maps to describe, clarify, and navigate their route within the world. Here is an atlas of the most famous maps, from the prehistoric period to modern times.
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World War 1 was the bloodiest war conflict in the history of humankind. The total number of military and civilian casualties in WWI is estimated to be about forty million. The WW1 radically changed the world map.
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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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The map was published in Sunday News, March 9, 1947. 1st ReichThe small map dated 1914 shows the area ruled
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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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