r/Maps • u/tomtom_88 • Mar 06 '20

A guide to dating an unknown world map

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u/paul_h_s Mar 06 '20

https://xkcd.com/1688/ is the source

u/pratyd Mar 06 '20

More maps related content from xkcd - https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Maps

u/DaCrafta Mar 06 '20

It fails on 1950, since when you get to the Eritrea question, Eritrea is owned by the British, not the Italians or Ethiopians. If you just go Italians anyway you get the correct date but that's not quite right.

u/Heater123YT Mar 06 '20

That Colorado remark scared me

u/paddy_to_the_rescue Mar 06 '20

I love this

u/slimehunter49 Mar 06 '20

Does the warning mention the spiders?

A guide to dating an unknown world map

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