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Most people who would get excited about an old atlas would probably want it to be all pristine, but I kind of like it when they are all beat up. That way you can handle them without fear, and maybe chop 'em up if you get the urge.
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Every age is pretty impressed with its own high tech.
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Of course, sometimes futurism goes down a dead end. You don't see many maps of "Notable Dirigible Flights" today.
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People stayed excited about the Panama Canal for a long time. This pair of maps shows how long it took to get places from New York by sea before and after the Canal was opened.
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Although Africa has a few independent countries, they aren't represented in the legend...
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Whatever happened to Baluchistan? It's just the back end of Pakistan now, for all I know.
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The Arabian Penninsula: from Irak south through Koweit, a very large Oman (in green), an unidentified pink strip leading down to Aden at the southern tip; north along the Red Sea, you've got Yemen (in green), Asir (in pink), and Hejaz (in purple); everything else is apparently the Nejd Hasa. And then you're in Palistine. A lot has changed in 77 years, apparently.
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Among other things, this diagram is notable for its dazzlingly inclusive conception of Buddhism.
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The color is pretty splendidly preserved, making a set of state topographical maps towards the back of the atlas particularly lovely.
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The color is pretty splendidly preserved, making a set of state topographical maps towards the back of the atlas particularly lovely.
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Nice.
9 comments:
I am pretty sure that Heathens are under-estimated!
Yeah, I was pretty excited to see the heathens represented too. LOL
Awesome find!
No Jews, huh?
BTW I Live in the bottom portion of the last map shown - maybe right on the cut off line. Which is appropriate for the "Old Line State."
@Calico: No, no, the Hebrews are the dark grey line between the Mohammedans and the Brahmanes.
That's stunningly awesome. A potent reminder of how fast the world changes.
Yesterday I would have thought Baluchistan was one of your forgotten countries. But I'll bet there are bitter advocates of Baluchistani Independence even today.
Very good. (It was a bit early for the magic eraser of WW2.)
There's a rather nifty book about the era of the airships, focusing in great detail about the Graf Zeppelin's around-the-world flight depicted in the above map:
Dr. Eckener's Dream Machine
(I may be a bit obsessed; I spent yesterday welding together a 30" zeppelin wall decoration.)
OK - I'm jealous! Is that the reaction you were going for? Cause it worked. I didn't even know Sears made atlases-or at least put their name on them. Nice find!
You are in geek heaven, aren't you?
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