40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World

[barbie]

http://twistedsifter.com/2013/08/maps-that-will-help-you-make-sense-of-the-world/

Map 11: I did not know that the route between Seoul and my home town was the busiest air travel route in the world, although I knew that one airplane departs for Seoul every 5 minutes in the daytime.

barbie~~

[JenSquid]

Pretty cool.

I did not know you could draw a straight line from Pakistan to Kamchatka entirely over water.

[JillSter]

That was awesome!

Thanks for sharing that.

[Jamie D]

How Australians see the world ...

 

[JillSter]

We're supposedly overdue for a polarity shift, so it may look like that pretty soon.

By pretty soon I mean in next 100,000 years or so.

[Cindy]

How Australians see the world ...

 

It's not an opinion, it is the truth!

[SaveMeJeebus]

29,000 Rubber Duckies xD

[Cindy]

Mind you an ex Prime Minister of Australia, Paul Keating, did describe Australia as being placed as the "arsehole of the world".

Which many would agree with !!

[Jenny07]

I thought he was speaking of a city located between Perth and Melbourne.

Oh I will burn for that!


When will the rest of the world realise that they are upside down?

[Cindy]

I thought he was speaking of a city located between Perth and Melbourne.

Oh I will burn for that!


When will the rest of the world realise that they are upside down?

Sydney?

[Danielle Emmalee]

I thought he was speaking of a city located between Perth and Melbourne.

Oh I will burn for that!


When will the rest of the world realise that they are upside down?

The one that rhymes with lemonade?

[Kia]

Cool I love a good map, here's a fun one:



Back when Spain was exploring the Western bit of North America they thought California was an island, for like a real long time

[Danielle Emmalee]

Cool I love a good map, here's a fun one:



Back when Spain was exploring the Western bit of North America they thought California was an island, for like a real long time

Is that foreshadowing?

[Felix]

I love the surnames one. Time zones in Antarctica made me lol. And the chinese literal translations. Actually they were all pretty sweet.

Thanks for sharing that. I adore maps and hadn't come across some of those yet.