This map, by the English illustrator John Henry Amschewitz, was published by the English publisher Geographia in 1914. It is based on...
Propaganda Maps
The Earth after the Flood (1681)
This map, published in 1681 by the Englishman Joseph Moxon, shows the Earth after the Flood and how it...
Map of the Soviet Union (1941)
This propaganda map, drawn by Robert M. Chapin and published in Time magazine in November 1941, shows the Soviet Union .....
Shah is a US puppet (1977)
This poster was published by the Iranian Students Association in the United States (ISAUS) in November 1977, to announce the...
It's a long journey to Rome (1944)
This poster, created by Germans and French in April 1944, shows a map of Italy after the invasion began...
Illustrated map of the United States (1942)
This illustrated map of the United States was drawn by Mexican artist Miguel Covarrubias and published by Associated American...
Bananaland (1933)
This map was drawn by illustrator Ernest Hamlin Baker in 1933 for the American company United Fruit Company. The...
The Falkland Islands are Argentine! (2022)
This map was published by Horacio Langlois in 2022, commemorating the 40th anniversary of Operation Rosario. On the 2nd...
Ulster, don't give up! (1912)
This map appears on a postcard published by the Northern Irish publisher John Cleland & Son Ltd in 1912 and is...
Angola is not a small country (2011)
This map was created in 2011 by architect Paulo Moreira, in response to the famous Portuguese imperialist map Portugal no...
The Cotton Kingdom and its dependencies in America (1862)
This map by Frederick Law Olmsted was published in 1862, in the context of the American Civil War...
Map of the Spanish Civil War (1938)
This map was published in 1938 in Bilbao. It was printed by Artes Gráficas Grijelmo, and the...
The theft of England's territory (1914)
This map, published by Pharus Verlag in 1914, shows the possessions of the British Empire at the very beginning of the First...
Russian possessions in California (1836)
This map, drawn by Fyodor Poznyakov, is part of Всеобщий атлас или собрание карт всего земного шара (Universal Atlas or...
The Iranian Empire and its Neighbours (1942)
This map, produced by the British News Centre, shows Iran and its neighbouring countries. It includes a calendar on the sides...
Burglaries worldwide (2021)
This infographic shows the prevalence of burglaries worldwide, with data from 2018. The map...
How much territory has Russia occupied in Ukraine (2025)
This map was published in October 2025 on the cover of the German magazine Katapult. With the title How much...
Japanese products travelling around the world (1934)
This map, published by Kabushiki-gaisha Chūōkōron-sha, shows Japan's trade relations in 1934. Kabushiki-gaisha Chūōkōron-sha was a...
Dutch colonies in danger (1940)
This map was drawn by Howard Burke and published by the San Francisco Examiner newspaper in October 1940, in the context...
Beijing after the Cultural Revolution (1967)
This map was published in 1967 in China by the Red Guards, in the context of the Cultural Revolution. The...
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