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Tag Archives: world maps
Map Monday: a look at Russia’s territorial reach through history
Borders have changed in most parts of the world throughout history, and Russia, whether as Empire, Federation, or Soviet Union, is no exception. There’s a long history across that vast land of seeking to expand by absorbing neighbouring territory. Don’t … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Map Monday
Tagged maps, NATO, Putin, Russia, Russian Empire, Russian expansion, Russian Federation, Russian history, Russian territory, Soviet Union, Ukraine, USSR, world maps
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Map Monday: Population growth – and shrinkage – over the millenia
We all know – well, most of us know – that the human species has roamed the Earth for a very long time. A fascinating interactive population map at Our World in Data provides us with lots of data to … Continue reading
Posted in Map Monday
Tagged history, human history, maps, population density, population growth, world maps
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Map Monday: democracy throughout history
There’s much lamenting these days of the future of democracy as we know it, or rather as we would like it to be. Sorry to say that, as an example, there is much concern both inside and outside one of … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Map Monday
Tagged authoritarianism, autocracy, democracy, history, maps, world maps
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Map Monday: let’s see just how well the world’s been doing
We can use maps to look at what’s happening to our environment around the world. We can use maps to look at how weather patterns are changing around the world, or at pollution changes in the world. We can look … Continue reading
Posted in Map Monday
Tagged corruption, democracy, GDP vs median wealth, inequality, maps, parental leave, world happiness, world maps, world peace
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Map Monday: changes in world populations through the ages and associated factors for today’s world
Welcome back to Map Monday. This week we’re going to use cartograms to illustrate our story. Remember, cartograms are these strange looking maps that distort the shape of countries to reflect their relative contribution to the total amount being displayed. … Continue reading
Map Monday: indigenous history around the world, pre- and post-colonization
Today is the last day of May, the day before the beginning of June, which is National Indigenous History Month in Canada. There can be no more chilling reminder of why Canada needs to have a National Indigenous History Month … Continue reading
Map Monday: a cross-section of intriguing maps
This week’s Map Monday doesn’t have a specific theme. A number of these maps come from suggestions by generous readers, some of which pointed me to related intriguing maps. Many thanks to Adam, Sharon, and Jeff. I’ll get back to … Continue reading
Map Monday: more fun with projections and cartograms
We’ve looked at map projections before on Map Monday. To remind you, the most common projection – that is, the representation of the 3-D globe on a 2-D map – is the Mercator projection. There are many reasons for this, … Continue reading
Posted in Map Monday
Tagged age of population, education, map conventions, maps, Peters projection, populations, projections, voter turnout, world maps
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