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Exploring the world through the lens of cartography and design. 🗺️ Vintage maps, propaganda posters, modern infographics, and heraldry.
Joined December 2021
Global flag chart (Homann, c. 1718) – hand‑colored engraving.
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@vintagemapstore A similar finding wrt. modern Poland 🇵🇱👇👇 @Valen10Francois 🤓 …
One of my biggest pet peeves: When old historic maps overlap with modern political maps. A 🧵
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@vintagemapstore Yep, the Otroman Empire is well know for support for social democrats :)
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European colonial presence in North America by 1750
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The 2014 Romanian Presidential Elections and the Ottoman Europe of 1876. Work by Bilal Selim Filiz.
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Great Greece map claimed by Venizelos at Paris Peace Conference, 1919
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Reconstruction drawing of the Throne Room, Knossos Palace. Published 1935 in 'Palace of Minos' after the original watercolour by Edwin J. Lambert (1881–1928), 1917
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Reconstruction of Ҫatalhöyük showing the importance of the roof spaces. Illustration by John Swogger.
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A portrait of Tenochtitlan: a 3D reconstruction of the capital of the Aztec Empire.
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@vintagemapstore A time when the world was divided by two equally influential and militarily mighty superpowers…
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@vintagemapstore A 1945 Time magazine map (May 28 issue) depicting Stalin looking westward over Europe, highlighting the emerging “Russian Sphere of Influence."
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Ethno‑linguistic Map of Austria‑Hungary (Shepherd, 1911)
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