More Historical & Interesting Maps You Need To See
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Would you be in support of a United EU Army?
Sim, eu apoio
Yeah
Idk
I'm sure I would.
there is a european sea guard (frontex) in the mediterenean sea but the results in preventing immigration are poor, so i think that an eu army however hopefull would not fare better. furthermore i dont think that british and americans would allow it, they would rather have nato in its role.
The reasons Norway doesn't have as much forest cover as Sweden and Finland is because of how mountainous it is and the tundra in the north
Yep
An the reason Iceland doesn’t have many trees is because the Vikings chopped them down
I thought it was because of the Vikings. 😆
@@ItsTheMagicMelon No. its cuz its an island made by volcanic activity relativly recently on a earth lifespan timescale wich means less land usable for tree's to grow.
@@mazzaker18 Iceland began to form 60 million years ago, which is pretty recently in the grand scheme of things, however Hawaii began forming 5.1 million years ago and definitely has trees. Furthermore, the volcanic activity of Iceland would allow for the soil to be rich in nutrients. Also I looked it up to double check, and yes, the Vikings did cut down many birch forests
Venus is so island dense because there isn’t water to erode and smoothen out the land.
oof fair
You also have to consider, the fact venus has no moon(s), to cause a tide. Gravity, a thin atmosphere, and little to no wind / tectonic movement, will also be contributing factors.
@@ishaqazad5662 "little to no wind" is not really correct, as Venus has storms and a massive, never ending Cyclone on it's south pole.
www.space.com/20371-venus-vortex-storm-changes.html
Also the atmosphere of Venus is much denser than the one on Earth
@@boomerix well played, Einstein.
@@ishaqazad5662 Yeah, the lack of tide would also play a part, but as @Not Your business said, it does have plenty of wind.
1-8: these maps are truly important because it really tells us a lot about certain things we have right now or had in the past.
9: this map shows where Kentucky is.
I absolutely love how in the first map the area where Canada is supposed to be just says "Barbarians" instead 😂
PLUS, let's not forget about the Sea of Hate :))
It’s accurate
I don't get the east coast being japonica, Japan was an entente ally in ww1, seems like a fake made with ww2 hindsight
Native Canadian Indians are barbarians from the blood line of Ghangus Khan.
The Umayyad Caliphate did push past the Pyrenees into Aquitaine, but they were pushed out of France by 759.
Which is why Charlemagne then founded Andorra, because the only possible invasion corridor from Iberia came through there, making it an easy strategic chokepoint to defend once he retook it.
@@adiuntesserande6893 The battle of tours was won by Charlemagnes grandfather, Karl the Hammer.
@@afrovarangian "Charles" the Hammer.. Unless Charles meant Karl in 8th Century Franconia
@@flukislucas Charles=Karl. France (or those that ruled it) was still Germanic back then.
@@flukislucas Francia, Franconia is a region is Southern Germany
Hopefully everybody here likes maps.
Of course I do. That's why I'm here
Well not the MAPS Community (unrelated to actual map) but I like geography :)
@@UnsaneMan true
Love ur contrnt
lol vegan You could also use the word “cartography” but I like using the word map more.
Japonica? Didn’t Japan fight on the side of the Allies during WW1? Why would the Central Powers let an enemy have that
Also Romania
I thought the same thing. I think it was probably some paranoia due to Japan`s ascencion at the time as a power in Asia.
Are u the guy who is always commenting on Drew's videos???
it's because the first map is fake, almost definitely.
Dragan Biljetina he is the real one
10:56 "This is most evident in Nordic countries [...] and Iceland"
Iceland IS a Nordic country, thank you very much. It is not however a Scandinavian country, as Scandinavia specifically refers to the Scandinavian peninsula in Europe (though Denmark is usually counted as part of the region too).
Bottom line: All Scandinavian countries are Nordic, but not all Nordic countries are Scandinavian. The Nordic countries are Iceland, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden, of which the latter three are also Scandinavian.
Yes Iceland is in my opinion the most Nordic
@@aronarnarson hæ íslendingur
Estonia: 😔
@fjf sjdnx Hold up. Mexico is a country? now it feels like I'm being bamboozled, that's like saying Denmark exists...
I thought Scandinavian refered to the language family, and therefore Iceland was included.
Great video as always! In the map at 2:55, the cats on Britain's knees are 'Orange Free State' and 'Transvaal'. The Empire had some messy things happening there in 1900.
That makes sense! Thank you
Exactly
You forgot Malta in the forest coverage map. It was only 1%
He didn't include micro nations.
lol not even 1% tho most of matla were humid and desert waste lands plus its small size and of course the humans inhabitants makes malta an almost one of the countries who doesnt have forest
Vatican city have 0%
НА НОЖЪ!
Iceland was covered by forest, until the Vikings age. Today there is a program to restore the forest, but in the cold forests grow more slowly.
For the map with cartoon representatins of countries, I think that the cats attacking Britain's legs represent the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic, colonies in modern South Africa which fought Britain for their independance in the Boor Wars.
*Boer
They weren’t colonies, they were fully independent states up until the end of the Second Boer War.
and the manholding the women is north Ireland and Ireland
Great video!
8:58 In the 8th century Muslim forces pushed into southern France. 3:40 I love how Corsica is depicted as Napoleon
8:58 Yes it's accurate, the muslims arrived in France and were stopped at Poitiers in 732
The best part of "New Prussia" map is Bismarck North Dakota being only capital that doesn't change
And also straight of hate that cracked me up
Is the straight of hate is where they went after the playa haters ball?
2:35 the problem in Britain is the orange free state and Transvaal, aka the Boer republics.
Portugal held the key, aka the Baía de Maputo, or bay of Delagoa
lol i didnt think i actually got that right
Maputo Bay was in the Portuguese colony that's now Mozambique, which had overland access to the Boer republics.
I believe "map of forest" lacks a bit of context as Ukraine, for example, has a relatively small percentage not due to deforestation, but because it historically has a massive amount of steppes. For some reason people think that lack of forests is always bad and forget that there're other types of terrain are equally important: because of steppes Ukraine has one of the worlds best soils for agriculture.
Yeah, if the Netherlands and Denmark once had many forests, they were chopped down a looong time ago, same with northern Germany and the North European Plain in general. Those are very flat fertile areas and people have been farming there since the neolithic. Also the Netherlands reclaimed a lot of land throughout history, so much of it is not supposed to have trees to begin with.
I also think that categorising forestation into 25-50-75% increments is just plain dumb, as it basically ends up all green. Choosing the color grading wisely, that map could have been much more interesting!
This channel is so underrated...
agreed. 100%
True
Yeah but he’s biased against monarchies
He's only showing maps ! So yes I think for that nobody deserves a lot !
@@brusselbxl6744what do you mean
1:30 they literally cal Chicago "Slaughterhouse" 😂
They aren't wrong tho
🤣🤣🤣
back than it was famous for animal slaughter, not man slaughter
Hi, i am a french geography teacher, could i ask the main sources for your maps. I would be very pleased (the ww1 is present in most french high school history manual from 70s-90s btw ). Thanks for yor channel, very inspiring! :)
Send me an e-mail via the address in the video description and I can send you the images!
Is WWI no longer taught in French high schools? That would be odd…
@@nelsonricardo3729 As far i understand (englishtongue is akward for me) WW1 is a big part for 13n years old students and for 17 years ols students in French Cursus (Don't know if i am understable sorry )
@@fabienj3202 French people doesn't speak English
@@priyanshgautam9971 english dont speak french
I'm guessing that Japan was chosen to take over the west coast on both maps because they were hands down the supreme imperial power in the Pacific at the time. They wiped the floor with Russia in the Russo-Japanese War, and they did pretty well against German forces in the early part of The Great War. And while they were a big part of the Allies, they were also rivals of other Allied countries in the Pacific like China. it was probably clear that Japan would have single handily dominated the Pacific without America in the picture and their alliance was purely one of convenience to Japan and could be flipped.
I think the Portuguese symbol depicted in John Bull's map is the king of Portugal holding the key to the Portuguese African empire that was very coveted by the Brits. I would guess the map is dated around the 1890's, back in the day of the infamous Rose map. Loved this exquisite video
Ottoman's position of the man also refers to their nickname of that time: the sick man of Europe.
The "key" may symbolize the fact that the oldest alliance (even to this day) is between Britain and Portugal, making Portugal think it is a very important friend of John Bull.
I love maps, too! I've been collecting them since I was 7 years old! 😍
Iceland used to have forests, but they were chopped down, and then the lands used for extensive sheep herding. They are planting new forests now.
From what I heard when I went there (and I'm not sure if I got it right), they estimate that when the first settlers arrived to Iceland 25% of its surface were covered by forest. But it was a much more fragile environment, the forests didn't recovered at the same rate that they were used to and between the centuries of 1200 and 1800 the world had experienced a proportionally small global freezing period, which may not have been relevant for continental Europe but for them it was harsher times.
That is right, the volcanic soil there is really light/airy, so when the first settlers cut the trees, the wind blew away the topsoil. No one really realized what was happening until the entire island was deforested, and Iceland is still the most ecologically devastated country in the world.
In 1995, Inwas living in Quito, Ecuador and there was a small war between Ecuador and Peru, the War of Tiwintza. I was in college and I saw in the window of a teacher’s office a cartoon showing Peru’s President Alberto Fujimori as an octopus sticking his tentacles into Ecuador and other countries in South America.
That Central Power-controlled USA map is pretty much the American version of the New Germany/Australia map also made during WW1. I really like the details of that John Bull map. Wow history is certainly filled with interesting and cool maps
You’re everywhere
I dont think Ottomans would call Tallahassee Baghdad, they would more then likely just have the official name Tallahassee as it has been, and they themselves would likely use a Turkified version of that name
Am I subscribed to your comments?
@@realhawaii5o What?
I was in Reykjavik two years ago and visited the main museums. I distinctly remember being told in the old days Iceland was covered in forests but humans around the middle ages logged it almost entirely and caused a huge erosion problem. efforts to this day haven't been succesful to counter it. 🌳🌳🌳🌳
Imagine Japan not being on the imperial rule map despite having the longest lasting imperial family.
I'm pretty sure the map is about being ruled over by a formally external empire. Being the Imperial power doesn't seem to be counted.
@@1882osr But how do you even define external and internal rule? It’s a bit easier for the time of colonialism but gets messy for older empires. Take the Roman Empire for example.
@@1882osr That seems unlikely to me, considering China and Iran being two major hotspots, despite their Empires being very long-lasting and predominantly homegrown, with brief interludes of foreign rule (Alexander, Parthia, Abassids and Mongols for Persia, Mongols again then briefly Japan for China).
Yeah, the Francs beat back the Muslim armies in modern-day France meaning it was occupied at some point by them
Battle of Tours
Pretty sure the muslims never actually controlled the land, their army entered then was beaten back, they didn't settle.
@@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332 This, southern France was just the site of an invasion but they were beaten and expelled quicker than they could really settle/control the land.
@@jamespyle777 I think it's the battle of Poitiers, but it doesn't really matter. We learnt in school that if Charles Martel had lost that battle, christianity may have been done for.
@@andrasbalogh4291 For a strange reason, French call that battle "Battle of Poitiers" when english call it "Battle of Tours"...
Regarding the Forest map! I have a friend who works for Sweden in the European Parliament, and a couple of years ago they had bill on the preservation of forests, and a belgian politician asked my friend "how many forests do you have?", and my friend was confused on how to answer. "It's kind of just ONE forest??", since all of it's kind of connected and the rest of the woodlands is parks, and the belgian could nog comprehend how a country could only have one forest, mistaking it for being one SMALL forest like in Belgium
2:40 What instantly jumps to sight is that the octopus has FORESKIN on its tentacles.
Lol no.
Great video, pal.
5:52 that round island is Elysium mons ... one of the largest volcanic mountains on Mars ..
edit: sorry i thought it was Olypus mons first (both looks like islands tbh :D) so after some ppls warning i checked and seen that map's North side was on the bottom thats why i assumed that island was Olympus :D
You beat me to it😊
Yeah and it's about the size of France.
Its not Olympus mons, its Elysium mons, Olympus is on the other side on the green cicle on the right of the map. See this: www.researchgate.net/profile/Bryn_Hubbard/publication/251730490/figure/fig4/AS:686972993544192@1540798533164/A-map-of-Mars-with-major-landmarks-and-key-regions-annotated-Place-names-are-marked-on-a.png
So no, the island there is actually Elysium Mons. The map is upsidedown (North is on the bottom) so on this map Olympus Mons is on the right of the large continent on the right hand side, and appears as the distinctive dark green circle here.
@@josephmorgan4316 ohh thats smart thanks
I didn't even imagine that MAPS can depict so much...... THANKS GENARAL KNOWLEDGE FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO AND I REQUEST YOU TO MAKE MORE OF THEM.
In the Netherlands the forests had to make room for people and farmlands. What nature we have left is under immense pressure from recreation and pollution.
The very first map you showcased was the cover of Life Magazine in 1916. It was used as propaganda to garner American support for WWI. It was used to imply that the Central Powers would not simply stop if they won the war in Europe, eventually America would become a target so they should help out while they can.
0:46 I feel like this map is just "The Man in the High Castle" but if it was WW1 instead of WW2.
The two cats biting at Britain’s legs are the Orange Free State and Transvaal - reference to the Boer War which was fought around 1900 - the date on this map.
5:47 the map of Mars is wrong in two ways:
1st it's upside down.
And 2nd most of the water would be on the northern hemisphere only, since the southern hemisphere is much higher elevated.
8:56 In 719 and 732 CE the Umayyad dynasty that controlled the Iberian Peninsula invaded and, for a short time, controlled southern Gaul. They lost the area in 759 to the Franks. In the 10th century the Andalusians invaded and took control of a small island off the southern coast of France called Fraxinet, but it was ultimately lost in 972 CE.
9:00 In the early days of Islam, the French territories in the southern half were plagued by Saracen raids. Corsica is the first territory to suffer one, in 704; then come the Pyrénées-Orientales of the Duchy of Aquitaine and the province of Septimanie (approximately the former region of Languedoc-Roussillon), in 717. The latter is invaded and occupied from 719 to 759. Its wali (governor) depends on the wali al-Andalus, and sits in the city of Narbonne, which is used as a base for the raids: Carcassonne, Béziers, Agde and Nîmes are taken in 725, then Avignon and Autun are raided and Lyon is occupied the same year. The city of Luxeuil was raided in 731, Bordeaux and Sens in 732; but the Saracens were defeated in Poitiers in October, which marked a halt to their expansion in France. The Saracens nevertheless occupied several cities of Provence from 734 to 739: Avignon, Arles, and Marseille. The region of Valence and the Alps were raided from the end of the ninth to the tenth century. The Saracens finally settled in Fraxinet in the Massif des Maures from 889 to 975.
These were really cool! I especially liked the maps of Venus and Mars, they kind of looked like worlds in a fantasy book or game.
I'm a mapper, and I only click on these videos because there's a more than zero chance that I might be on here. It didn't happen this time though, but I've been on Memeuless' map videos a few times lol
Romanian Jamaica and Turkish Florida might be one of the most cursed things I've ever seen.
1:35 japan was in the enetente
Japan apparently wins either way.
Romania too, so it wouldn't make sense for us to get any island in the Caribbean. (plus we've never had any colonies)
@@davidozab2753 definitely
At 9:00 The reason why there is a part in France is due to the Sarrasins (Omeyyades) expansion stopped by Charlemagne and his army at Poitier in France in 732. They did reach this city after conquering most of the iberian peninsula (except the northern kingdoms that would eventually conquer back Spain and Portugal territory during La Reconquista achieving that in 1492 (more than 700 years later lol) for Spain and earlier for Portugal.
10:13 I'm from denmark, why there no one who female than or male.
Maybe neutral or don't know. (Not really, lol)
what is more interesting about "New Romania" in the first map is that Romania did not made an alliance with central powers in WW1, so the map must be made in 1915 before Romania enters the war, and nobody know what side Romania would chose, going with antant will help Romania gaining transilvania and unit all romanian spechers in one country (wich did happen) but at the same time King Carol was german ( second in line for bavaria's throne, before German unification) and saw as a betrayal fighting against them. Romania enters the war after he died.
Iceland used to be forest covered until the vikings landed and used the timber for fuel and housing. The amount of France described as having been under Muslim rule is slightly exaggerated but there was a brief state in the south centered on Narbonne if memory serves in the ninth century.
Ireland used to be covered on forest until the British chopped them down for farmland and wood for building their navy.
I've never heard of any Muslim rule in the centre of France. The most further they went in Europe from the Iberian peninsula was like the Southern part of a France.
The map shown should just show the south next to the Pyrenees as far as the Loire around Toulouse and Montpellier I think the map tries to include Poitiers but the battle took place outside Muslim ruled territory
@@mrmr446 the southern part of France where muslims were during some decades was called Septimania.
But it was not part of France then, not even ruled by the Franks. They were Wisigotic land
It apperars that every small incursion is depicted in the map. Muslims never took Sardinia, they just tried to besiege some ports. Same with every other place in South Italy except for Sicily. That part of France was being razed but no attempt at conquering was ever made by muslims, let alone succeding in it
7:00 Indian plate is a sub-plate of the Australian plate and so it the Madagascan plate to the African plate. Pretty cool
4:11 ofc Poland votes for a unified EU army knowing their history...
Actually, our history tells us to vote against it. Poles are very divided on that matter. It's not like our dear "western allies" were ever known for reliability.
@@kamilszadkowski8864 Poland is best at war when they dont exist lol
I think the key in Don Carlos' hands has "Deli / Goa" written on it. It might be a reference to the resielience of the Portuguese in India at the moment of Britain's presence. Also, yeah, there was an incursion into the region of Provence of the Umayade Empire around 720 AD which lasted for around 10 years.
7:46 where is Japan!?
You are such a legend, Im starting with the one on the thumbnail.
“Everyone that you fight is not your enemy and everyone who helps you is not your friend.”
― Mike Tyson 😄
why is this on a map video?
why is this on a map video?
@@SpahGaming maybe it has to do with japonica since they sided with the allies
@@coquimapping8680 it still has nothing to do of why they are the victor in both maps
The New Britain map comes from a German-American newspaper called "The Fatherland"
4:06 napoleon is sitting in the name of where him born, so thats why is napoleon in.
Ave imperio!
@@karwan6385 não.
Great video, nice maps, interesting toppic... WELL DONEEEE
The text on the cats says "Orange Free State" and "Transvaal"
I guess because the boers where nuisances to the British goal of holding key empties all across the world, although at that time Britain would have already won the boer war.
Jude Xavier no because the Boer War was still going on in 1900
Jimmi Alli I thought it was a ww1 map🤔
Only one side, used those names.
I feel like the first map is likely a joke between Canada being labeled “barbarians”, Japan being portrayed as an enemy, and a bunch of other little details.
I love the channel so don’t take this the wrong way, just a small note. You said you don’t know precisely who made the first map, of America with the American reservation. And then you say it is weird ‘they’ would make this reservation look so bad but also put that forward as a solution for the native population. If you don’t know if the Americans made the map that statement doesn’t work. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not like I don’t like you bashing the American treatment of natives, but this seemed like an inaccurate statement to me. Especially if the same map exists on the opposite side, trying to get America to join the central powers, it’s likely the first one was made by one of the allies to try and convince America.
Most Americans were strongly against entering WW1 which lead the government to make propaganda in support of war in order to get public opinion pro war. It might have been made by the Committee on Public Information
Aron Arnarson I get that, but he doesn’t know though. So to say funny this is how they represent reservations when you don’t know exactly who made that map don’t seem right to me
Denmark once had the biggest navy in the world. For such a small country, that requires A LOT OF WOOD. I can't remember the exact number, but i believe the danish forrest percentage was as low as 5% at a time. Trying to implement new forrest in Denmark is still a huge issue, that the changing governments tries to solve.
11:08 - I imagine this, like many other divided German statistics, has something to do with it's East-West divide during the Cold War.
If you look at a religion map of Germany you can see, that the former east german states are mostly atheist while the west german states are mostly christian.
(protestant in the north and catholic in the south.)
Magnificent video! This series is one of my favourite of all time!
Well, the muslims invaded France after had conquered Spain and were defeated in the battle of Poitiers by Charles Martel, grandfather of Cherlemagne. So yes, the south of France has been under islamic dominion for a briefly period of ten years proximately.
Wrong. They never settled or occupied the land like in Spain. They pushed through raids and were defeated by Charles the Hammer of God
It apperars that every small incursion is depicted in the map. Muslims never took Sardinia, they just tried to besiege some ports. Same with every other place in South Italy except for Sicily. That part of France was being razed but no attempt at conquering was ever made by muslims, let alone succeding in it. Also it's worth noting that Charles Martel was not a King
"Jamaica will become New Romania" 1:46.
I almost spit my drink out!!!
7:15 but I thought all of Africa's problems were due to those pesky colonizers. Weird.
Yeah, there's a map you won't see on the evening news nor on university campuses.
3:45 The gnawing cats very much appear to be "Orange Free State" and "Transvaal".
1:16 Imagine Germany Empire win the war
Norway is very low in forest because it’s so mountainous and like Iceland is an arctic climate with glaciers. One of the largest forests in the world passes through Norway, Sweden, Finland and in to Russia
The vikings chopped down the forrests of Iceland long time ago. That's why 😢🌲
Filipe Saramago To build boats. Vikings were big on boats....
there is a series, available at amazon prime, where is shows us a cenario where the axis won the ww2 and shared the US on a similar way to what your map showed us. it's called "The man in the high castle", look it up
islam was never established in france, although they did try.
Same with Croatia.
It was
A franc army (with Charles Martel) from the north, pushed them back
it's crazy how spain was conquered in 8 years and southern france was getting raided to hell and the umayyads were close to paris. it's shameful that they got that far without facing any real resistance, until they came across a military leader who had studied the campaigns of alexander the great
@@zekun4741 The Jews and the Arian Christians in the peninsula supported the Muslims in their conquest of Hispania. It was not long ago that the Visigoths had been forced by the Franks to convert from Arianism to Catholicism, but the former continued to have much support among the people.
The forest cover map is an interesting one, but an issue with it is an implicit assumption that land is supposed to be covered by forest. In northern England, there are areas which are supposed to be moorland which has less tree cover.
First time I'm disappointed by a video of yours... So many mistakes, omissions, and misunderstanding (of history or geology/geography) that could have been avoided by doing some background research, unfortunately, because I quite like your channel... For example: The map of Mars is upside down, and the round circle/island there is an extinct volcano (Elysium Mons)... With the tectonic plates on the earth, you seem surprised that there are countries on multiple plates, there's a simple reason for that: where oceanic portions of tectonic plates "collide" they cause volcanism that creates chains of islands (like Japan and New Zealand, a different reason for Iceland being split between two plates). You claim Finland wanted to reclaim independence, while Finland became independent for the first time in its history in 1917. The woman in Ireland trying to hit the British soldier likely represents Ireland's struggle for independence, and Portugal is Britain's "oldest ally", so I would guess that the key likely represents the key Portugal holds for Britain to the rest of Europe (this could probably be researched on google)...
You are not alone my friend, I also love maps right down to the tiniest detail. I do own quite a number of them! Keep moving forward i love your channel!
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10:00 Iceland has naturally low tree density and the Icelandic people needed what there was, the great forests in the UK were mostly cleared for farmland, Norway has a lot more wilderness than Sweden but is also far more mountainous so that's probably why, and I think Lithuania has a lot more swamp/marshland than the other Baltic states.
11:10 Erich Honecker killed Many men .
Also the women were very emancipated under communism, with a relatively high part having a very good education
6:00 that is Volcano Mons the largest protuberance in the solar system. There are three in a row, the next one of them is the dark green dot on the south eastern coast of the eastern continent. The third looks like the Southern most tip of that central mountain range. If Mars looked like that we would be making a lot more effort getting there.
That WW1 map was wild, and European one with humans was art. The red turkish style pants to fill in under the Baltic.
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A very good video. It is always interesting to learn something new.
The key Portugal is holding is a reference to the British-Portugese alliance, the longest lasting in the world
I like that you mention Portugal very often on your videos🥰
"Jamaica becoming a New Romania." LMFAO.
In the map of Europe made with people (mostly sovereigns), I think that Italy is rapresentad by the former prime Minister (period 1880) Francesco Crispi that led Italy to the triple alliance, he's wearing the uniform of bersaglieri (riflemen).
Just like Sheldon had "Fun with Flags", your channel should be called "Merryment with Maps". I love it btw!
Fun fact: the reason there's almost no trees on Iceland is because the vikings from Scandinavia came and took over and chopped down all the trees for ships and tools with zero regard for the impact it would make because they were just passing through
Actually there's an Anatolian tectonic plate as well. Turkey sits on mostly the Anatolian plate and some little parts of the Eurasian and Arabian plates, that's why it gets so many devastating earthquakes.
The 1900 comic map is using the national symbols for the nations at the time. Example: the French woman is named Marianne. She is dressed in the colors of the French Revolution and the fashion style of the early 1800s. Some countries like england or the USA had multiple symbols depending on what was being emphasized. Example: Uncle Sam represented our strength while Lady Liberty (real name Columbia) represented American freedom and generosity .
The first map is a cover of Life magazine (Feb 10, 1916) and distributed by The American Rights Committee showing what would happen if Germany wins WWI and takes over North America. It's an early example of WWI Anti-German propaganda. In the original cover of Life magazine “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” was written under the map.
Yo nice video!
I dont think he realised musims pushed past iberia before losing the battle of tours and getting pushed back they did reach southern france but only really lasted there for a few years.
The round island in the Mars map is Olympus Mons! It's so tall it would probably rise a few dozen kilometers above the "sea level".
Have you ever heard "the world is a cat playing with Australia"?
Well now the US is a fry cook holding KFC
3:40 Those cats are "Oranje Free State" and "Transvaal", as Britain was fighting them in the second boer war in modern South Africa. Love your maps, keep the odd maps coming as well. Cheers.
* not modern, but the situation that was in beetween dutch/german descendants & british empire in southern africa in 1900 ^^ (*phew, this took some rephrasing...)