40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World

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40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World

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Some of these maps will shock you and some will teach you a thing or two. Some display data in a beautiful way, others will make you laugh, hopefully none make you cry. Enjoy!

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2. Countries That Do Not Use the Metric System

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3. The Only 22 Countries in the World Britain Has Not Invaded (not shown: Sao Tome and Principe)

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4. Map of Pangea with Current International Borders

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Pangea was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras, forming about 300 million years ago. It began to break apart around 200 million years ago. The single global ocean which surrounded Pangaea is accordingly named Panthalassa.

5. McDonalds Across the World

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Map by by Business Business Management Management EU

6. Paid Maternal Leave Around the World

Map Map by by The The New York York Times Times

7. The Most Common Surnames in Europe by Country

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Map Map by by Teepr Teepr on on Reddit Reddit

8. Worldwide Driving Orientation by Country

Map Map by by ChartsBin.com ChartsBin.com

9. Map of Time Zones in Antarctica

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Map by by Phoenix B 1of3 1of3

10. Global Internet Usage Based on Time of Day

Map Map by by Carna Carna Botnet via via Reddit Reddit

11. The Worlds Busiest Air Routes in 2012

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Map Map by by Vizual Vizual Statistix Statistix

12. Visualizing Global Population Density

Map by by valeriepieris on on Reddit Reddit

13. Flag Map of the World

Map Map by by andrewfahmy andrewfahmy on on Reddit

14. Map of Alcohol Consumption Around the World

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Map by by World Health Health Organization Organization

15. Map of Alcoholic Drink Popularity by Country

Map by by World Health Health Organization Organization

16. Map of Rivers in the Contiguous United States

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17. US Map of the Highest Paid Public Employees by State

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18. World Map of Earthquakes Since 1898

Map Map by by John John M Nelson Nelson

19. Map of Where 29,000 Rubber Duckies Made Landfall After Falling off a Cargo Ship in the Middle of the Pacific Ocean

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Map Map via prometheus08 prometheus08 on on Reddit Reddit

20. Map of Countries with the Most Violations of Bribery

Map Map by by James James Mintz Mintz Group Group

21. World Map of Vegetation on Earth

Map Map by by NASA/NOAA NASA/NOAA

22. Average Age of First Sexual Intercourse by Country

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Map Map by by ChartsBin.com ChartsBin.com

23. If the Worlds Population Lived in One City

Maps Maps by by Tim De De Chant Chant @ @ persquaremile.com persquaremile.com

24. The Number of Researchers per Million Inhabitants Around the World

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Map Map by by ChartsBin.com ChartsBin.com

25. Worldwide Map of Oil Import And Export Flows

Map Map by by BP BP via via Business Business Insider Insider

26. The 7000 Rivers that Feed into the Mississippi River

Map via via Gradeskee Gradeskee on on Reddit Reddit

27. World Map of the Different Writing Systems

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Map Map by by Maximilian Maximilian Drrbecker Drrbecker (Chumwa) (Chumwa) on on Wikimedia Commons Commons

28. Worldwide Annual Coffee Consumption Per Capita

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29. The Economic Center of Gravity Since 1 AD

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Map by by McKinsey&Company

30. The World Divided Into 7 Regions, Each with a Population of 1 Billion

Map Map by by delugetheory delugetheory on on Reddit Reddit

31. Earths Population by Latitude and Longitude

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Photograph Photograph by by mrgeng mrgeng on on Reddit Reddit

32. Map of Contiguous United States Overlaid on the Moon

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Map by by boredboarder8 boredboarder8 on on Reddit Reddit

33. Frequency of Lightning Strikes Throughout the World

Map by by Citynoise Citynoise on on Wikimedia Wikimedia Commons Commons

34. Overall Water Risk Around the World

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Map Map by by World World Resources Resources Institute Institute

35. The Most Dangerous Areas in the World To Ship Due to Pirates

Map Map by by Control Control Risks Risks

36. Area Codes in Which Ludacris Claims to Have H*es (song reference)

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Map Map via asonjones asonjones on on Reddit Reddit

37. Where 2% of Australias Population Lives

Map by by e8odie on on Reddit Reddit

38. The Longest Straight Line You Can Sail on Earth (Pakistan to Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia 20000 miles)

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Map by by kepleronlyknows on on Reddit Reddit

39. Map of Europe Showing Literal Chinese Translations for Country Names

Map Map by by haohaoreport.com m

40. Reversed Map with Southern Hemisphere at Top of Map (because position of North is arbitrary)

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Map Map via via nnm.me nnm.me

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Since I am not that experienced in posting things to FB, not sure if this will appear twice but some of these maps are pretty interesting. Reply 9 Like Follow Post January 18 at 9:51pm Jack Straw Glenbard South High School

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Jack Straw Glenbard South High School aunt betty, this is an AWESOME website link you have put up. You did well, if your aim was to post cool statistic / graphic representations!!! Reply 3 Like January 19 at 5:57am Top Commenter Mt. SAC

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Number 6, in reference to The USA is wrong. But overall interesting info. Reply Like January 19 at 1:50pm Aubrey Loney-Young University of Idaho Gloria Arevalo I don't recall there being a federally mandated paid maternity leave. Pretty sure that depends on the company you work with and the insurance. Reply View 2 more Gil Lim President at Philovier Corporation I do not have to travel far and wide but these information from the point of view of mapping makes me realize that I am just a speck of life in this world but nevertheless significant in the sense that as I live my life I partake in the shaping of the characteristics of this world. As I see my commonality with the world I connect and understand myself. I pray that you continue with your reseaches. Thank you. Reply 6 Like Follow Post January 19 at 1:01am 4 Like January 19 at 2:37pm

Brandon Ferguson Works at Everywhere and Nowhere luda's area code ho's...lol, classic but my favs had too be the lightning strikes, oil movement, and earthquakes aswell... Reply 2 Like Follow Post January 19 at 12:49am

Ian Barber Works at Bredon School Reassuring to know most Russians are named after a Vodka Reply 2 Like Follow Post January 19 at 2:37pm Follow Works at FULLY RETIRED

Ernest Adams Reply

Interesting maps - very interesting data. Maps and Geography Lessons abound. 2 Like Follow Post January 19 at 1:25am

Kate Toullis The Glasgow School of Art Southern Ireland does not have a union jack flag Reply 2 Like Follow Post January 19 at 10:17am Emma Dorgan Thats because we are a different country to northern ireland :-) Reply 2 Like Yesterday at 5:08am

Eric Lindblom Gteborgs Universitet When did England invade Finland. I would suggest Never. Reply 2 Like Follow Post January 18 at 9:56pm Minna Aaltosalmi Owner-Operator at GIFTS I was thinking the same. Then again; do you recall the old Finnish song from the elementary school songbook: "... Ja se Oolannin sota oli kauhea -hurraa, hurraa, hurraa - Kun kolmellasadalla laivalla seilas ENKELSMANNI Suomemme rannoilla - sumfaraa, sumfaraa... " etc. Hmmm. Next: Gotta google that "War of land"... Reply 3 Like January 19 at 1:04am

Vladimir Popov When it was a part of a Russian Empire? Reply Like January 19 at 7:18pm Humberto Diaz Watersisland Top Commenter Sylvania Waters, New South Wales, Australia

Minna Aaltosalmi ---We didn't learn that one.....in the Bronx. Reply Like January 19 at 11:06pm Daniela Platon Langara College I'm pretty sure Ludacris has way more hoes than those pictured on the map Reply 1 Like Follow Post January 19 at 7:53am

Noel Everson Samuel pepys wallbutton road se4 This so interesting ! Reply 1 Like Follow Post Yesterday at 8:24am

Nicky Edwards 5 is wrong - Bolivia certainly has a McDonalds in La Paz. Reply 1 Like Follow Post January 18 at 1:29pm Mihail Dashkov HAD....:) Reply 8 Like January 18 at 2:25pm Top Commenter Sylvania Waters, New South Wales, Australia

Humberto Diaz Watersisland

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Humberto Diaz Watersisland Top Commenter Sylvania Waters, New South Wales, Australia

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Yah, tossed them out on their sorry butts. Reply Like January 19 at 10:59pm Gojko Radanovic Electrician at Facility Solutions Group - FSG DFW sorry, but a lot of mistakes in these maps Reply 1 Like Follow Post January 19 at 2:48am Follow

Brendan O'Leary Reply

Brilliant .. art .. beautiful stuff ! 1 Like Follow Post January 18 at 8:51pm

Dima Larionov This needs the Mercator Projection v. Gall-Peters Projection comparison - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Gall%E2%80%93Peters_projection Reply Like Follow Post January 19 at 11:33pm Peter Mansfield No 3 when did Britain invade Portugal? Portugal is our oldest ally. No 7 the most popular name in Wales is Evans, not Jones Reply Like Follow Post 22 hours ago Lynne Manley Dundonald Girls High School Found this really interesting Reply Like Follow Post about an hour ago Nimenialtul Bogdan Follow Top Commenter Works at Poste Italiane

number 8 is wrong.gotta switch colors and then is right :) Reply Like Follow Post Yesterday at 4:38am Andrei Dobra Top Commenter

Romania got McDs :) Just so everyone knows. Reply Like Follow Post January 19 at 5:12pm Benny McLennan coool Reply Like Follow Post 21 hours ago Marco Maier Follow Works at Freier Autor und Schriftsteller Follow Owner at Travelled Writers

At the McDonalds map: Why Iceland is shown as country without McDonalds, but having one of the highest burgerprices? ;) Reply 2 Like Follow Post January 18 at 2:38pm Dwayne Copeland Reply Follow Works at Splendid construction

because mcdonald's has cheap burgers. lack of mcdonald's increases average price of burger 1 Like January 19 at 5:19am Follow Works at Ji Fel Bakar

Claudia Maria Hildeblom

Because Iceland used to have McDonalds but since some years ago, they don't. Reply Like January 19 at 4:54pm Humberto Diaz Watersisland Reply Top Commenter Sylvania Waters, New South Wales, Australia

Claudia Maria Hildeblom --Good for them! 1 Like January 19 at 11:01pm

Fernando Rodrigues Escola Secundria de Monserrate There are some errors, for example Britain never occupied Portugal! This was made by americans right?? Reply 1 Like Follow Post January 18 at 2:15pm Timothy Goss It doesn't say occupy or attack, just invade. The English invaded Portugal in alliance with them against the Spanish and French I believe, making this a somewhat misleading but not necessarily wrong map. Reply 1 Like January 18 at 3:24pm

Cameron de Silva University of Manchester I think the use of the word 'invade' is quite misleading and if you read the article this map was taken from, the use is very loose indeed. 'Had a military presence' is a much more accurate description as in the vast majority of these countries Britain had no desire or ability to seize control which, I would suggest, is what a real invasion is attempting to achieve. Reply 4 Like January 18 at 9:09pm Top Commenter Instituto Politcnico da Guarda

Rodrigo F

Errado fernando, quando eles dizem invadir no significa de forma militar. Antes das invases francesas aps a fuga de d pedro fomos governados por ingleses ;) Reply 1 Like January 19 at 3:22am

Francesco Argenta Geometra

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Francesco Argenta Geometra Molto interessante Reply 1 Like Follow Post January 19 at 3:53am Follow Network Engineer at System advisors group

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When did England invade Thailand? never know this before. 1 Like Follow Post Yesterday at 4:40am Paul Saetae Silpakorn University World War II, P' Dui 55+ Reply Like Yesterday at 5:43am Rodrigo F Top Commenter Instituto Politcnico da Guarda

Ns portugueses alem de consumos extremos de lcool somos os que iniciamos a sexualidade mais precocemente ahaha :P Reply Like Follow Post January 19 at 3:24am Martn Aguirre Ponce increible Reply Like Follow Post January 19 at 3:17am Constantin Apalaghiei thanks for this Reply Like Follow Post January 19 at 7:53am Inmails Hetaf Follow Works at Anti New World Order - Non Au Nouvel Ordre Mondial Follow Top Commenter Colegio San Ignacio El Bosque

Map 5 , there nothing like mc donald's in ALGERIA , update ur info. Reply Like Follow Post Yesterday at 7:53am
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