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Linguistic Map of Italy

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full size one here

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This map reminded me that I once knew someone whose native language was Friulan. Interesting to see which part of Italy it is from.
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Typhoon wrote:This map reminded me that I once knew someone whose native language was Friulan. Interesting to see which part of Italy it is from.
Very interesting. Here's a bilingual (Italian/Friulian) road sign from near San Vito al Torre:

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Saw a wall map of NSW from the 1940's for sale today. Don't have the wall space to put it up, though..........
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Volume and direction of the transatlantic slave trade from all African to all American destinations - Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade - David Eltis and David Richardson (Yale University Press, 2010)
http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/assess ... aps/09.jsp


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10 centuries in five minutes - Centennia Historical Atlas (Centennia, 2010)
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I think it's time to reiterate www.censusviewer.com

If you want to generate your own demographic maps based on US Census data, this is the app for you.
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Slave trade posts moved to Slave Trade thread.

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N Am Great Lakes superimposed over Europe.

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Power outlets of the world:

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The last Ice Age:

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Apollonius wrote:Volume and direction of the transatlantic slave trade from all African to all American destinations - Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade - David Eltis and David Richardson (Yale University Press, 2010)
http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/assess ... aps/09.jsp


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What software did they use to create that data visualization? That's really cool.
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Enki,


I don't know. I know there is an extensive database that is linked to this project.

I initially found this in an old-fashioned book. The atlas itself contains dozens of other maps not available online. The detail is astonishing and quite apart from the pages and pages of outstanding maps of the transatlantic trade, includes some good maps which shows the location of various ethnic groups within Africa, and it's interesting to note the evolution of events there as well.
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Typhoon wrote:Power outlets of the world:

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i wonder what the crazy chain of events that led to only argentinia and australiasia sharing the same oddball power socket :)
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[Quasi] literal translation of the names of Japan's prefectures and major cities:

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[Reminds me of the state of Minas Gerais -> General Mines in Brazil]
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hah, cute, reminds me of the story that many of the european versions of local mountain names are in fact the native for "mountain"..
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... and the native names for many peoples mean "the people"...
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This map was created by Massimo Pietrobon and shows the countries of the world as they were thought to look in prehistoric times. This single, big continent was called Pangaea.
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Typhoon wrote:
This map was created by Massimo Pietrobon and shows the countries of the world as they were thought to look in prehistoric times. This single, big continent was called Pangaea.
Romania - having a sea coast for at least 200 million years. 8-)
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