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"The Histomap" by John B. Sparks, published 1931 (www.visualcapitalist.com)

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It is certainly not perfect, but still an impressive piece of work.

I found it here.

And here is a version embedded in a web page so it scales to your browser window's width.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's against my political philosophy to say this about a monarchy but it makes me kind of sad it's gone. The world feels smaller without these sorts of things.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You could think of Xi as a monarch.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Yeah but I want him to say it and put on the funny hat.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Definitely. Once upon a time, the prestige of the title of "Reigning Monarch of the British empire and all its territories" was incredible.

The weight of the crown back then was immense. Now it's more like a party hat...