TIMEOUT! ..... We need a break... A STACK OF MAPS!
★ Peloponnesian City states and kingdoms around 530 BC
★ Roads built by the Roman Empire
★ How Antarctica would look like without ice
★ Washington DC, 1865
★ Seafood consumption per capita in Europe
★ Territorial changes of Modern Greece, 1832-1947
★ Comparatives sizes of Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom
Peloponnesian City states and kingdoms around 530 BC
Roads built by the Roman Empire
How Antarctica would look like without ice
Seafood consumption per capita in Europe
Territorial changes of Modern Greece, 1832-1947
Comparatives sizes of Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom
It's hard to imagine how tiny the Greek states were. They hold such a huge place in our collective imaginary.
America's Interstates are bullpucky compared to Rome's Roads.
Antarctica apparently isn't really a continent. It's an archipelago.
There were more troops in Washington,1865, than today. That was a shooting war, whereas today... not yet.
The Brits famously love fish 'n chips... but don't eat it much. France and Italy have long coasts, but...
Atatürk made his name fighting the Allies in WWI... and then the Greeks afterward...
New Zealand's population density may be "slightly" less than the other two...
These are very interesting maps. I love history and maps.
Thanks for posting them.
Norway, Spain, Portugal, and Iceland are the real fish eaters.
The Brits don't seem to be eating a lot of the ''fish and chips'' that they brag about.
Of the three I enjoyed NZ the most.
Morning..agree out of the three NZ wins hands down..
I love GB and Japan. I haven't been to NZ, but I was in OZ... Brisbane, Noosa and Sydney. I bought a didgeridoo, made from yellow eucalyptus, about 3 1/2 feet long, not one of the huge ones, that has a really beautiful painting of a kangaroo. Hand-painted by an indigenous artist, of course. The fellow who sold it to me mentioned "kangaroo dream".
Thanks Bob. I always love the maps.
I wonder how many of the roman roads began as tracks or paths made by animals.
Not many, if I remember correctly... They drew a straight line on a map, staked it out, and built it. They zagged when crossing a river, but that was about all.
Notably, Roman roads paid no attention to elevation. Straight up, straight down. No switchbacks. The roads were for marching soldiers, not for horses pulling carts.
I know of several roads in eastern France where I used to live, that are laid on top of Roman roads. They're straight as an arrow... and then suddenly a series of switchbacks, where modern engineers had to deviate to cross a stream.
I just noticed that to the west of Japan is the Tasman Sea. I didn't know that before.
There's an o-o-o-o-p-s somewhere...
Thank yew...