Treating a human head the way a globe is treated by the Mercator projection.
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Tropical rainforest vs Desert! This map shows the global distribution of tropical rainforests and deserts (I have excluded polar deserts!)
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Here are all of the rivers and waterways in Africa, colored according to the major hydrological basins they are part of.
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US States by Wikipedia article length.
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South Korea is one of the few developed countries that still reports rabies cases (albeit extremely low numbers—no human infection since 2004 and no animal infection since 2014). Officials blame unvaccinated animals from North Korea crossing into the south through the porous DMZ.
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You can just squeeze UK in Canada’s Hudson Bay.
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The real size of countries.
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The Swedish Empire at its height.
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This 1907 British travel advertisement compares Cornwall to Italy.
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All roads lead to Rome. This map visualizes the famous roads built by the Roman empire. I have removed the land to highlight how far this empire spread its infrastructure.
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The oldest universities in continuous operation.
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Where the United States is Uninhabited (the green)
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To combat the threat of desertification of the Sahel (the region immediately to the south of the Sahara), the African Union is leading an initiative to plant the Great Green Wall, a 7,775 km (4,830 mi) belt of trees crossing the entire breadth of North Africa
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Germany’s Religious Divide
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A retro pixel map of the USA! Included are some of the iconic monuments/locations.