Tag: political

• 186 - Europe, If the Nazis Had Won

  over 4 years ago

  Frank Jacobs in Strange Maps

  One of the mainstays of speculative history (together with “What if the South had won the US Civil War?”) is: What would the world have looked like if the Nazis had won the Second World War? And yet I’ve never seen a map showing what the Nazis’ post-war plans (for Europe of for the world) were ... Read More

• 163 - Europe Wipes Britain off the Map!

  almost 5 years ago

  Frank Jacobs in Strange Maps

  The Daily Mail is one of the UK’s more euroskeptic newspapers, so it must have been with much delight that they were able to present this map to their readers on September 4th, 2006. For it falls straight into the category of the “what the heck are those loony Eurocrats in Brussels cooking up ... Read More

• 151- Exclaves of West Berlin (4): Steinstücken and Wüste Mark

  almost 5 years ago

  Frank Jacobs in Strange Maps

  Steinstücken is the southernmost part of the Berlin Ortsteil (borough) of Wannsee, almost adjacent to the UFA film studios. From east to west, it’s no more than 500 metres wide, north to south: 300 metres. About 200 people call Steinstücken home. Before 1972, it was completely isolated inside ... Read More

• 139 - The Anaconda Plan

  almost 5 years ago

  Frank Jacobs in Strange Maps

  “We propose a powerful movement down the Mississippi to the Ocean, with a cordon of posts at proper points (…) the object being to clear out and keep open this great line of communication in connection with the strict blockade of the seaboard, so as to envelop the insurgent States and bring them ... Read More

• 138 - The Schlieffen Plan

  almost 5 years ago

  Frank Jacobs in Strange Maps

  In 1905, count Alfred von Schlieffen, Chief of Staff of the German Army, developed a plan to win the impending war with France and Russia. In the time it would take Russia to mobilise, a swift campaign on the Western front would defeat France, allowing the troops to then be shipped to the ... Read More

• 136 - New Iceland - A Forgotten Nordic Colony In Canada

  almost 5 years ago

  Frank Jacobs in Strange Maps

  When it comes to the discovery and colonization of America, Iceland can claim a longer pedigree than all other European countries. The Icelandic explorer Leif Eriksson (970-1020) was the first European in recorded history to set foot in North America, where he named three areas: Helluland ... Read More

• 133 - New Switzerland – Finally In Need Of A Navy!

  almost 5 years ago

  Frank Jacobs in Strange Maps

    In 1900, the famous French writer of adventure stories Jules Verne published ‘Seconde Patrie’ (‘Second Fatherland’) in two parts. Like many works at the end of his life, this adventure story was a revisiting of earlier work, though in this case not Vernes own. ‘Seconde Patrie’ is a sequel to a ... Read More

• 132 - Poland's Wry-Mouthed Duke

  almost 5 years ago

  Frank Jacobs in Strange Maps

  Poland at the time of the death of Boleslav the Wrymouthed 1138: how could one resist a map with a title like that? Not that the map isn’t remarkable in its own right. The starkly contrasting colour scheme with sinuous black rivers slicing through Polish white and white streams dissecting the ... Read More

• 130 - A Ten-State Australia

  almost 5 years ago

  Frank Jacobs in Strange Maps

  The Commonwealth of Australia was formed in 1901. Its constitution provides for the creation of new states, also by subdividing extisting ones. Several proposals have been made to alter Australia’s composition, yet no change has been made since the act of Federation in 1901: Australia still ... Read More

• 129 - China As A World Power: How Big?

  almost 5 years ago

  Frank Jacobs in Strange Maps

  China is flexing its economic muscle nowadays, a process the country itself terms a peaceful rise. One wonders what will happen when China will have ‘risen’: to what degree will China flex its political and military muscle? Will it want to dominate the region – or the world? This map basically ... Read More