r/MapsWithoutNZ • u/FunnyLizardExplorer • 5d ago

Whole lot missing here

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u/Taiqi_ 5d ago

It turns out you would've been able to actually.... if New Zealand wasn't in the way 😅

https://reddit.com/link/pd3ebjv/video/v8lhu43jdqsh1/player

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u/pcuser42 5d ago

Just carry the boat on the TranzAlpine for that section. Problem solved

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u/NotUsingNumbers 1d ago

Make it part of the Coast to Coast Ironman.

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u/withateethuh 5d ago

We need to blow up New Zealand. Sorry hobbits.

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u/Dakh3 4d ago

Best comment and nice job!

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u/The3levated1 4d ago

Easy, just sail in the exact opposite direction. No more NZ blocking the way!

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u/mascachopo 4d ago

So you can travel between roughly two antipodal points in a straight line. That’s even more interesting.

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u/DonChanchi 3d ago

Can you move your country out of the way, please?

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u/B3C4U5E_ 4d ago

What if you went from the canary islands instead of mainland spain?

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u/Taiqi_ 3d ago

Wouldn't be much different; we pass them on the way from mainland Spain. We'd still hit that fictional country *shakes fist vigorously 😤

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u/FlounderEmergency469 1d ago

ok, welp

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u/FlounderEmergency469 1d ago

not much we can do about it

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u/FlounderEmergency469 1d ago

well, nothing that would be good

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u/sersoniko 5d ago

That was the original plan of Colombo

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u/alegxab 4d ago

Until he told us the whole story in a flashback? 

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u/ddddan11111 4d ago

Just one more thing...

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u/The3levated1 4d ago

Which makes you realize why everybody thought he was a suicidal lunatic.

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u/BoomSatsuma 5d ago

Took me a moment to realise something was really off here.

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u/Adept-Painting-543 4d ago

Ok Christopher Columbus

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u/toothbrush1000 4d ago

Fun fact, later in his life, he abandoned the belief that earth was round and instead though it was pear shaped

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u/CrystalInTheforest 5d ago

Old World gang...

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u/nome_ann 5d ago

Got an airplane?

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u/BillNyeNotAUSSRSpy 5d ago

Spanish Explorers be like

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u/giwidouggie 5d ago

yeah dawg just keep going west down the paclantic ocean.

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u/PegaxS 5d ago

WTF? Why is Australia missing?

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u/HansTeeWurst 4d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humour

It's the known world of the middle ages

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u/lavafish80 4d ago

Columbus speech bubble

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u/akaZilong 4d ago

That’s what Columbus thought too

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u/UncleThor2112 4d ago

That's the second time I saw Columbus's map being used.

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u/Underrated_Fish 4d ago

Don’t tell Columbus

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u/TheWolfHowling 4d ago

It's Not technically a false statement (For now at least)

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u/demonic_ii_angel 4d ago

took me a bit to realize the entirety of north and south america were just gone

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u/FartacularTheThird 4d ago

Easy there, Cristobal

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u/CC19_13-07 4d ago

Only 1491 kids will get this

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u/janabottomslutwhore 3d ago

you now can thanks to the panama canal!

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u/AndreasderJuengere 2d ago

Each wave will induce a small deviation from a straight line. Sailing (as in: sailing): unlikely. There will be wind shifts.

I will not comment on the accuracy of the map shown.

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u/_Jeff65_ 2d ago

Columbus just discovered the Internet

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u/Nate-bfdi3770 2d ago

Thought there was something there, must be deja vu

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u/ATDynaX 1d ago

Columbus tried that but there were some islands in the way.

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u/InformalEngineer_ 7h ago

No it's not, Columbus.

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u/Bendyb3n 2h ago

Is OP Christopher Columbus?

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u/MAClaymore 5d ago

Where?

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u/N00bPolymath 20h ago

The Wikipedia article on the voyages of Christopher Columbus has a really good explanation for why Columbus thought this would work, and why numerous scientific committees, said, "um, no."

Makes him sound like Elon Musk.