Map Porn
![]() https://beehaw.org/post/7696919 Cross post from https://beehaw.org/c/poc
Dark Orange The Indian subcontinent Light Orange: countries culturally linked to India; Yellow Regions considerable current or historical cultural influence
Originally posted on Reddit but I'm moving to Lemmy. It was originally inspired by a post on r/Europe about the 5th most populous city in every European nation. 5th most populous in every state is kinda boring as it gets pretty small, but 4th is fun. And useless. But fun.
And yes, the map misspells Niagara
Known Neanderthal range in Europe (blue), Southwest Asia (orange), Uzbekistan (green), and the Altai Mountains (violet)
Globe projected on to a Icosahedron (20 sided regular shape) and unfolded. Helps preserve appearance and size of land masses at the expense of unfolding.