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Not very correct cartographically, but mildly funny.
Here’s a treat for all you cruciverbally obsessed Hungarian cartophiles out there: a Magyarophone crossword in the shape of Old Hungary, i.e. the other half of the Austrian-led Double Monarchy […]
Russia is no longer the hub of a worldwide Communist empire, nor the main ingredient of the Soviet Union; but the Kremlin still insists on wielding power in its old […]
I learned a new word today, but the condition it describes has been with me for quite some time: cartocacoethes – the compulsion to see maps everywhere. More on that […]
Because of eurocentrism. But probably not for much longer.
The map was made by James Mazzeo, a long-time associate of Neil Young
The Jews have another Israel. It's in Siberia - and it was their first official home.
Europe's most powerful country is annexed out of existence by its neighbours
Tilt your map 90 degrees to the right, and the elephant reveals itself
To spare the feelings of the good people of his hometown, Sinclair Lewis invented a fictional state as the setting for his novels
A less well-known boundary than America's Continental Divide
A weird marriage of urban planning and personality cult
“If you have to ask for slaw on a hot dog, it’s not a true West Virginia hot dog”
In its most recent issue, The New Yorker magazine revisits one of its most famous covers ever. Saul Steinberg’s cartoon on the front page of the 29 March 1976 issue […]
nn “I was contemplating the logo and slogan of `The Hospitality Industry`, the vaguely named corporation that apparently makes foil/paper wrappers for hamburgers, wondering just what `Special World` they were […]
nn PERTINI DANCE (by S.C.O.R.T.A., 1984) n “What a superstar to be, is the best you can see. n Yes this is a brave man, oh. The first Italian man, […]
For such a small country, Liechtenstein sure has a lot of exclaves (or was that enclaves?)