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Curious Maps
The true size of Argentina (2014)
This map, created by Ruy Pinto Schaffroth, shows the comparative size of Argentina and several European countries. Argentina, with 2.78...
Map of research in Europe (2013)
This map, created by illustrator Jakub Marian, shows the percentage of workers engaged in research in each region of...
The cost of retirement around the world (2023)
This map, published by NetCredit in 2023, shows the cost of retirement in different countries around the world.
Vintage map of the world of Super Mario (2012)
This map was created by Albino Raven in 2012 as an idea for a T-shirt on his blog. The map...
The Alphabets and Writing Systems of the World (2006)
This map, created by Wikimedia Commons user Nickshanks in 2006 and translated by Serg!o in 2019, shows the alphabets...
Lighthouses of Spain, by Terence Teo (2023)
This illustration, created by Terence Teo in 2023, shows the lighthouses of Spain. To do this, the author extracted the data...
Peirce's Quincuncial Projection (2012)
This map, created by Wikimedia Commons user Strebe in 2012, shows the world represented using the Quincuncial Projection...
World population density by latitude (2022)
This map, published by Alasdair Rae for Visual Capitalist in 2022, shows the population density of the world in each...
Map of maritime piracy worldwide (2013)
This map, produced in 2013 by UNITAR, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, shows the...
How different languages laugh on the Internet (2023)
This map, originally published by Preply in 2022 and updated in 2023, represents the different ways of expressing...
Screening of Athelstan Spilhaus, A World of Oceans (2018)
This map, created by Clara Dealberto, was published in Libération in 2018. The map is a world map that uses the projection...
Europe, according to Marine Le Pen (2016)
This map, created by Yanko Tsvetkov, can be found in the compilation Atlas of Prejudice, published...
Map of the world according to Christopher Columbus (1911)
This map is part of the atlas published by John George Bartholomew in 1911 entitled A literary and historical...
Linguistic map of cucumber in Europe (2013)
This map, created by Reddit user Bezbojnicul, shows how to say 'cucumber' in the different languages spoken in Europe.…
Map of the world of One Piece (2021)
This is a map of the world of One Piece, created by DeviantArt user Sharpsider, based on information...
The world's large glacial bodies to scale (2016)
This infographic, created by Anders Kvernberg in 2016, shows a comparison of the largest glaciers on the planet to scale.
Solar eclipses between 2021 and 2040 (2002)
This map, published by NASA in 2002, shows all the solar eclipses that have occurred and will occur between 2021...
Detailed map of Minas Tirith (1994)
This map of Minas Tirith was created in 1994 to accompany one of the many role-playing games based on...
Extension of Arctic Ocean sea ice (1980–2020)
This map, published by Encyclopaedia Britannica, shows the retreat of Arctic sea ice between its minimum extent...
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