This map, created by Ehsan Soltani for Visual Capitalist in 2025, shows how China and the United States have exchanged their...
Trade Maps
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...
World map of fisheries and aquaculture (2023)
This map, created by Perrin Remonté for the Visual Capitalist website in 2023, shows fishing and aquaculture activity around the world, according to...
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...
Maritime traffic in the Panama Canal (2023)
This map was published by Tatiana Pashagina in 2023 as part of the #30DayMapChallenge initiative. The map shows maritime traffic...
French wine exports (1864)
This map, published by Frenchman Charles Joseph Minard in 1864, represents an approximation of French wine exports...
The journey of words along trade routes (2019)
This map, created by Hasaim Hussein in 2019 for Lapham's Quarterly magazine, shows how certain words travelled and...
Map of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay (1920)
This map was originally created by French cartographer Joseph Forest for the French Ministry of Education. Given its...
The Indian Ocean line of Messageries Maritimes (1952)
This map was created by French illustrator Hervé Baille in 1952 to promote the new line inaugurated by the...
Arms exports in Turkey (2022)
This map was published by Blanche Lambert in 2023 as part of the #30DayMapChallenge initiative. The illustration shows the flow of trade from...
Map of maritime piracy worldwide (2013)
This map, produced in 2013 by UNITAR, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, shows the...
Map of the Hanseatic League (1400)
This map was created by Kalimedia (Story Maps) for Die Hanse, a European association with the aim of reconnecting...
The New Silk Road (2020)
This map, published by Michael Brake in Infrastruktur Atlas (Infrastructure Atlas), shows the location of the large structure of...
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