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fossilesqueM to Historic(al) Map PornEnglish · 4 months ago

National Geographic - Africa (1909)

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National Geographic - Africa (1909)

fossilesqueM to Historic(al) Map PornEnglish · 4 months ago
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  • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
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    Neat! Really drives home just how recent colonialism was, doesn’t it?

    Also, TIL Tripoli was a country, for some reason I thought it was a city this whole time lol. Oops. American public schools 😂😅

    Side note, “Abyssinia” was a dope name

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      Well, at least these days it’s a city.

      • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
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        Oh good I’m not an idiot haha thanks

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      Libya consists of three things: Tripoli, Bengahzi, and a whole fucking lot of Sahara

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    To me it’s remarkable how most of those arbitrary borders are still there today. Also how few of those “proposed” railways got built. As for the red words - seems much of the desert (as well as some rainforest) is covered in “feathers”, why were these so important? (Well I suppose tycoons still think that way - only current fashion is rare metals for phones).

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    deleted by creator

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    I bless the rains

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