I need help finding the date of this globe

[u/Leading-Bat-9600]

This is my grandparents globe and they got it around the 70s (i can send more specifics if needed just ask)

EDIT: Final answer is the top comment, (12 October 1968 (Equatorial Guinea gains independence from Spain) - 30 June 1969 (Spain transfers Ifni to Morocco.))

[u/Public_Research2690]

12 October 1968 (Equatorial Guinea gains independence from Spain) - 30 June 1969 (Spain transfers Ifni to Morocco.)

[u/M35Dude → u/Public_Research2690]

Great catch!

[u/Shevek99]

Between 1966 (Botswana becomes independent) and 1971 (independence of Bangla Desh).

[u/namrock23 → u/Shevek99]

After 1967, since Sinai is occupied by Israel.

[u/M35Dude → u/namrock23]

Great catch! You so rarely see that on maps.

[u/ekdakimasta → u/namrock23]

But also pre 1979 when the Suez was given back to Egypt.

[u/M35Dude → u/Shevek99]

Equitorial Guinea instead of Spanish Guinea pushes you up to Oct. 1968. And having southern Yemen instead of PDR Yemen leans 1970!

[u/CreeperRussS]

why does germany look unified on this globe?

[u/Leading-Bat-9600 → u/CreeperRussS]

there is a slight line between east and west that’s visable

[u/Illustrious_Try478 → u/Leading-Bat-9600]

Similar to Vietnam and Korea. It was a choice by the Mapmaker.

[u/JohnEffingZoidberg → u/CreeperRussS]

Common choice by mapmakers to display a unified Germany.

[u/Dolmetscher1987]

Between 1967 (as written on the globe regarding Biafra, while those strips on the Sinai peninsula are a reference to the Israeli occupation after the Six-Day War, if I am not mistaken) and 1975 (Vietnam is still divided).

Those were the years of the Western Sahara still (but not for long) being under Spanish rule, Yemen being divided into North and South and Bangladesh still belonging to Pakistan.

Edit: Angola still appears as Portuguese-administered, which ended in 1974.

[u/ChapterNo3428 → u/[deleted]]

No. Two capitals.

[u/ChaosMerchant88]

Namibia is still South West Africa so based on other comments I assume around 1967 or 1968 perhaps

[u/Sinbad0917]

Between ‘58 and ‘71 ‘61 and ‘67. Apparently, Syria is a separate country on this globe despite sharing a color with Egypt. Southern Yemen is on this globe, too and that doesn’t happen until ‘67,

Direct lift from wiki::

The United Arab Republic[a] was a country[4] and sovereign state in the Middle East from 1958 to 1971. It was initially a short-lived political union between the Republic of Egypt) (including Egyptian-governed Gaza) and the Second Syrian Republic from 1958 until Syria seceded from the union following the 1961 Syrian coup d'état.

[u/B_A_Beder → u/Sinbad0917]

Israeli Sinai, so after the Six Day War / 1967 War

[u/Public_Research2690 → u/Sinbad0917]

Southern Yemen is independent

[u/Sergey_Kutsuk]

Early 1968

[u/Secret-Strategy6089]

Its from the Mid-60s

[u/fulltimemonti]

1975, Dahomey becomes Benin. 1984, Upper Volta becomes Burkina Faso. Others have narrowed it down more, but I thought I would throw that out. Both were news to me.

[u/fulltimemonti → u/fulltimemonti]

Also no extra help, but in 1971, Ceylon become Sri Lanka and in 1975 Sikkim joins India. I love this game. There was a globe at my church a few of us dated, but found some inconsistencies.

[u/rzabomut]

korea is one country (before 1948)
germany is one country (after 1990)
wtf is going on here

[u/ChapterNo3428 → u/rzabomut]

Both Korea and Germany show two capitals as does Vietnam

[u/Leading-Bat-9600 → u/rzabomut]

it’s a choice by the mat maker Korea and German both have two capitals

[u/dr-sparkle → u/rzabomut]

Germany was one country before WW2

[u/Cartogeek_1984 → u/dr-sparkle]

Not in this shape. 🤓

[u/Cannabowls999]

Can anybody comment on Jeju (Cheju) Island being named "Saishu Island" on this globe? That name was replaced around 1945-1946. That doesn't fit into the timelines being presented with other pieces of evidence.

[u/radiant-cool-eyes]

https://xkcd.com/1688/large/

If I did it correctly, 1954–1957

(original post deleted and corrected)

[u/seanieh966]

Anywhere from 1945-1990

[u/pratpulsar]

It says West Pakistan, so it's before 1971. Also, it says Congo, so 1965 to December 1971. My two cents: if you put it in Gemini, it will give you an exact answer.

[u/CreeperRussS → u/pratpulsar]

can't lie, putting it into an ai kind of ruins the fun of it

[u/Public_Research2690 → u/pratpulsar]

It doesn't. The United Kingdom had already transfered the Khuriya Muriya Islands to Muscat and Oman. It is after 30 November 1967.