40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World
1. Where Google Street View is Available
2. Countries That Do Not Use the Metric System
3. The Only 22 Countries in the World Britain Has Not Invaded (not shown: Sao Tome and Principe)
Map by Stuart Laycock (via The Telegraph)
4. Map of ‘Pangea’ with Current International Borders
Map by eatrio.net via Reddit -- 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 ears ago. The single global ocean which surrounded Pangaea is accordingly named Panthalassa.
5. McDonald’s Across the World
6. Paid Maternal Leave Around the World
7. The Most Common Surnames in Europe by Country
8. Worldwide Driving Orientation by Country
9. Map of Time Zones in Antarctica
10. Global Internet Usage Based on Time of Day
Map by Carna Botnet via Reddit
11. The World’s Busiest Air Routes in 2012
12. Visualizing Global Population Density
Map by valeriepieris on Reddit
13. Flag Map of the World
14. Map of Alcohol Consumption Around the World
Map by World Health Organization
15. Map of Alcoholic Drink Popularity by Country
Map by World Health Organization
16. Map of Rivers in the Contiguous United States
17. US Map of the Highest Paid Public Employees by State
18. World Map of Earthquakes Since 1898
19. Map of Where 29,000 Rubber Duckies Made Landfall After Falling off a Cargo Ship in the Middle of the Pacific Ocean
Map via prometheus08 on Reddit
20. Map of Countries with the Most Violations of Bribery
21. World Map of Vegetation on Earth
22. Average Age of First Sexual Intercourse by Country
23. If the World’s Population Lived in One City
Maps by Tim De Chant @ persquaremile.com
24. The Number of Researchers per Million Inhabitants Around the World
25. Worldwide Map of Oil Import And Export Flows
Map by BP via Business Insider
26. The 7000 Rivers that Feed into the Mississippi River
27. World Map of the Different Writing Systems
Map by Maximilian Dörrbecker (Chumwa) on Wikimedia Commons
28. Worldwide Annual Coffee Consumption Per Capita
29. The Economic Center of Gravity Since 1 AD
Map by McKinsey&Company
30. The World Divided Into 7 Regions, Each with a Population of 1 Billion
31. Earth’s Population by Latitude and Longitude
Photograph by mrgeng on Reddit
32. Map of Contiguous United States Overlaid on the Moon
Map by boredboarder8 on Reddit
33. Frequency of Lightning Strikes Throughout the World
Map by Citynoise on Wikimedia Commons
34. Overall Water Risk Around the World
Map by World Resources Institute
35. The Most Dangerous Areas in the World To Ship Due to Pirates
36. Area Codes in Which Ludacris Claims to Have Hoes (song reference)
37. Where 2% of Australia’s Population Lives
38. The Longest Straight Line You Can Sail on Earth (Pakistan to Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia – 20000 miles)
Map by kepleronlyknows on Reddit
Explanation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpQwuGueeoA
39. Map of Europe Showing Literal Chinese Translations for Country Names
40. Reversed Map with Southern Hemisphere at Top of Map (because position of North is arbitrary)
Bonus: World Map Tattoo with Countries Visited Coloured
Map via OutrageousAnimals on Reddit
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